Re: Linux OS boilerplate

TeknoDragon (andross@ghettobox.dhs.org)
Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:46:02 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Scott Long wrote:

> Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins
> execution? If not would anyone be willing to help me understand
> bootsect.S and setup.S enough so that I might write such an outline?

It might be a little fundamental but there is *a* boot loading process
documented here: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~cs460/

Look over all the lecture notes and lab assignments up to the booter lab.

I'd offer up my own explanation, but I'm just starting to learn this
stuff.

-karl

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/