-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 22 October 2004 01:19 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) writes: > > The computer is on. The BIOS loads the boot-loader. The boot-loader > > loads the kernel image. If the kernel image has modules, initrd also > > gets loaded so that appropriate modules can be loaded for the kernel > > to identify the hardware, filesystems etc etc... > > BIOS does a POST, and if successful, hands off to the bootloader. The > bootloader loads the kernel image, then the initrd. Kernel then > starts running, loads modules.
Where does it load the kernel from ? The disk, right ! Suppose the disk I've got is scsi. Linux requires little arguments and add modules to work to boot with scsi disks in comparision to ide disks. A lot of work for the kernel. In constrast, how does the boot-loader get the kernel image from the disk (scsi). Very simply. Doesn't it face the problems of very new technology disks ? Infact it detects everything. I think Alvin's reply is convincing. The boot-loader loads the information from the first 512 bytes of the disk and processes further. rrs - -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBeMcA4Rhi6gTxMLwRAnNMAJwIOrmLOenubdJM1DlSpXEbdPYLaACeMlps n/nL+Jc8X8iGziQME3zR7gE= =7z+3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
