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Summary
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Boot process
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BIOS
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BIOS
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Master Boot Record (MBR)
BIOS load and execute the first 512 bytes of the disk
(sector 0), and returns control to MBR
Standard DOS MBR will look for a primary partition
(/dev/hda1..4) marked bootable
Load and execute first 512 bytes of this partition
Can be restored with fdisk /mbr from DOS
Load the boot loader (lilo, grub ...)
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Boot loader
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Kernel
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Init
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Run levels
0 halt
1 single user
2 full Multi-User mode (default)
3-5 same as 2
6 reboot
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Run level programs
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Run level programs
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Additional Resources
http://www.debianadmin.com/the-lniux-boot-process-explained.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxboot/
http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/how-computers-boot-up
http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/disk/
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Colophon
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