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BOOTING LINUX - Coggle Diagram
BOOTING LINUX
KERNEL
bootloader loads the kernel
/boots/vmlinuz
the kernel maybe a compressed file
gets the hardware running
Linuxrc
linux ran command
intrd ramdisk is dismounted
use the real disk
file system is mounted
Kernel runs it
BOOTLEADER
MBR
First sector of the drive
Bootleader may reside in the MBR
And/or May reside elsewhere
MBR runs the bootloader
bootloader loads the OS
maybe automatic or prompt for options
LILO/GRUB
May createe an initrd image
initial ram disk
A RAM based file system
BIOS
Basic Input output System (BIOS)
the first program, runs from ROM
Power On Selt-Test (POST)
Boot an OS from a storage device
proceed through the list until it finds a MBR