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boot process
arch/x86/boot/header.S
(
start_of_setup:
)
arch/x86/boot/main.c
(
main
)
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
(
startup_64
, or
startup_32
?)
arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
(
decompress_kernel
)
init/main.c
(
start_kernel()
)
Log files
Messages and errors occuring during the boot process are written into
/var/log/boot.log
. Other messages are written to
/var/log/dmesg
.
See also
Apparently,
/etc
and
/usr
is needed in the boot process. Thus, they need to be in the
root partition
.
booting Linux
Booting a PC
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