M README.md → README.md

@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ ## Software Requirements
 * GNU make
 * [https://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler](GCC Cross Compiler + matching binutils), tailored for freestanding i686-elf-targets
 * Doxygen: If you want to build the documentation
-* QEMU: To emulate an x86 system
+* QEMU: To emulate an x86 system. More specifically, `qemu-system-i386`, available via apt.
 
 ## Make commands
-### Debug build
-```make debug```
+Release builds are the default. For debug builds, use `make DEBUG=1 [...]`. You will need to add `DEBUG=1` to all commands, including `run`, otherwise, the release version is run.
 
-### Release build
+### Build
 ```make build```
 
 ### Run (in an emulator)

M makefile → makefile

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export GLOBAL_BUILD
 
 MODULES := boot kernel libcedos shell
 OBJECTS := $(patsubst %,$(LOCAL_BUILD)/%.o,$(MODULES)) $(LOCAL_BUILD)/apps_raw.o
-DIRS := $(LOCAL_BUILD)
+DIRS := $(LOCAL_BUILD) $(LOG_DIR)
 
 $(MODULES): | $(DIRS)
 $(DIRS):
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ > mkdir -p ./mnt
 > sudo mount $@ ./mnt
 > sudo cp $(LOCAL_BUILD)/kernel.bin ./mnt
 > sudo cp $(LOCAL_BUILD)/bin/* ./mnt
-> sudo cp ./img-contents/* ./mnt
+> sudo cp ./img-contents/* ./mnt || echo "No img-contents folder; Skipping."
 > du -csh ./mnt/*
 > sudo umount ./mnt
 

M run.sh → run.sh

@@ -1,1 +1,5 @@
-qemu-system-i386 -drive index=0,if=floppy,format=raw,file=${1} -m 64 -monitor stdio -no-reboot -d int,cpu_reset,exec,in_asm -vga std -vnc :0 2> log/run_err.log
+if [ -z "$QEMU_VNC" ]; then
+    qemu-system-i386 -drive index=0,if=floppy,format=raw,file=${1} -m 64 -monitor stdio -no-reboot -d int,cpu_reset,exec,in_asm -vga std 2> log/run_err.log
+else
+    qemu-system-i386 -drive index=0,if=floppy,format=raw,file=${1} -m 64 -monitor stdio -no-reboot -d int,cpu_reset,exec,in_asm -vga std -vnc :0 2> log/run_err.log
+fi