Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:04:50 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> Cc: Jean-Christophe Varaillon <jcv@vbc.net>, freebsd-hackers@FREEBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot proccess Message-ID: <200109212304.f8LN4ol04157@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Marco Wertejuk <wertejuk@mwcis.com> of "Thu, 20 Sep 2001 00:02:12 -0000." <20010920000212.B60704@localhost.com>
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> Hello, > > | In short, which program gives enough knowledge to the microprocessor (?) > | and allow him to use kern.flp & mfsroot.flp in order to boot and make the > | operating system running. > > your BIOS reads the first sektor from your floppy which consists > of a boot loader, which usually loads the 2nd step boot loader > and this one loads the kernel. Not quite. The second stage bootstrap loads /boot/loader, which reads /boot/loader.rc, which is what causes the kernel and mfsroot to be loaded. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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