Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 19 Feb 2001 20:29:47 -0800 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: Linux OS boilerplate |
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Paul Gortmaker wrote: > > Scott Long wrote: > > > > I've been poring over the x86 boot code for a while now and I've been > > considering writing a FAQ on the boot process (mostly for my own use, > > [...] > > > 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 > > IIRC, there is some useful info contained within loadlin. Also, I > found a doc by hpa called "THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL" in my local > archive of cruft - I just assumed it was in Documentation/ but > apparently it never made it there (yet). >
It's in there (Documentation/i386/boot.txt).
-hpa
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