Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:46:02 -0800 (PST) | | From | TeknoDragon <> | | Subject | Re: Linux OS boilerplate |
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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
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