"Chris Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm looking for a flowchart or something that describes the boot > sequence in detail... haven't found anything like that yet. > > I'm a newbie to Linux, installed my first two systems this past > weekend and have tons to learn. I know the PC inside out and am > comfortable with OS's in general, have witten my share of x86 > assembly and DOS tsr's. > > I have no idea what happens during the kernel bootup, initialization > and the starting of processes. Mainly looking for which process > invokes what, and how and where control is passed around during > system startup.
For a general introduction to the topic, you should read the excellent book: "The Linux System Administrators' Guide" by Lars Wirzenius (who is also a Debian developer!) http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~wirzeniu/linux/sag/ The book is part of the Linux Documentation Project http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ > Secondly, I'm looking for a breif but complete listing bash and > external commands. The man page for bashis obligatory reading. Its rather long, so i recommend "man -t bash > bash-manual.ps" - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
