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Re: Boot procedure docs

You may try "http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lki/index.html"

> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to understand how a kernel boots on a x86 system, not regarding
> any loaders that have done their job before.
> Till now, I've checked initrd.txt, linuxboot-current.ps, tlki, lxr sites,
> init/*.c and groups.google.com - there are still some questions:
>
> 1) Is Almesberger's Documentation (initrd.txt), which is dated from 2000 in
> a RedHat distro, up to date with kernel version 2.4.19 ?
> 2) Does someone know about a pretty-looking piece of docs lying around,
> describing especially the mount procedures in do_mounts.c, together with
> backgrounds and principles ?
>
> Any pointers would be welcome ....
>
> Thx
> Michael
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Juraj

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