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The four stages of the Boot Process

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BIOS Stage 1: When power is supplied to the processor:   The processor is hard-coded to look at a special memory address for code to execute  
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BIOS Stage 1: The MEMORY address contains:   A pointer or jump program that instructs the processor to find the BIOS program  
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BIOS Stage 1: The processor loads the BIOS program - the first BIOS program to run is:   Power-On-Self_test (POST)  
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BIOS Stage: 1 If POST is successful, then BIOS identifies other system devices using CMOS settings and info supplied by devices themselves:   Plug and play devices are allocated system resources - displays info about keyboard, mouse, and IDE drives in the system - then info about devices and system resources are displayed  
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BIOS Stage 1: The BIOS then searches for a boot sector using the BOOT ORDER in the:   CMOS  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: BIOS searches the boot sector for a   Master Boot Record (MBR)  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: BIOS loads the ----- code form the MBR   Primary boot loader  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: The PRIMARY boot loader does one of the following:   1. Examines the partition table marked as bootable - loads the boot sector from that partition which contains a SECONDARY boot-loader that locates the OS kernel 2. Locates an OS kernel directly  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: When the SECONDARY boot loader is in RAM and executing:   A Splash screen is commonly displayed and an optional INITIAL RAM DISK (initd image) is loaded into memory  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: The initd image has   Root permissions and can be used to access the ACTUAL /root filesystem regardless of whether it exists on the local computer or an external device  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: The initd image is used to:   Mount the ACTUAL filesystem and load the kernel into RAM  
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Boot Loader Stage 2: With the images ready the secondary boot loader invokes the:   Kernel Image and the kernel takes over  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The KERNEL resides in the:   /boot directory  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The kernel initializes the:   hardware on the system  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The kernel locates and loads the:   linuxrc program which configures the OS  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The kernel dismounts and erases the   RAM disk image (initd image)  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The kernel looks for:   Hardware and loads the DRIVERS  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The kennel mounts the:   root partiton  
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OS Kernel Stage 3: The kernel loads and executes the:   initial (init) proccess  
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init Stage 4: by default the initial (init) process is   /sbin/init  
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init Stage 4: If /sbin/init is the initial process the kernel reads a file called:   /etc/inittab to determine what other programs to run  
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init Stage 4: /etc/inittab determines what other programs to run, such as:   Scripts to mount partitions or start services known as DAEMONS  
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init Stage 4: /etc/inittab determines what other programs to run, such as a:   console for a LOGIN  
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init Stage 4: /etc/inittab determines what other programs to run, such as an:   X Display Manager (XDM) for a GRAPHICAL login  
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Because it is the first process to run on the system, the initial program (init) is assigneds a:   Process ID of 1  
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