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A documentation of Linux Boot Process (Startup Sequence).
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Linux Boot Process Sequence
- Click
Power Button
to start
- CPU works
- BIOS/UEFI
- Perform POST (Power On Self Test)
- Check for bootable device
- MBR
- Load the boot loader (446 byte) into the memory
- GRUB
- Load
boot/grab/grab.cfg
- GUI asking OS
- Select Kernel
- Load to RAM
- Kernel
- Load the driver from
temp.system
- Initialized the first process
init/systemD
- SystemD
- Start all require process
- To bring system to
run_level/targets
- CPU: Central Processing Unit
- BIOS: Basic I/O (Input-Output) System
- UEFI: Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
- MBR: Master Boot Record
- GRUB: GRand Unified Bootloader
- GUI: Graphical User Interface
- SystemD: System Daemons
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