NET 4000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.1.2: Real-Time Clock, Init, Universally Unique Identifier
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The boot process for a linux computer includes the following general stages: In the bios stage, bios is loaded and the system hardware is identified. Kernel: power is supplied to the processor. The first bios process to run is the power on self test (post): if the post is successful, the bios identifies other system devices. It uses cmos settings and information supplied by the devices themselves to identify and configure hardware devices. Plug and play devices are allocated system resources. The system typically displays information about the keyboard, mouse, and ide drives in the system. Following this summary, information about devices and system resources is displayed: the bios then searches for a boot sector using the boot order specified in the cmos. During the boot loader stage, bios gives control to the boot loader program.
