Boot
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The /boot directory is one of the main subdirectories under / and it contains the files that Linux needs to boot. The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) is kept in the /boot directory. | The /boot directory is one of the main subdirectories under / and it contains the files that Linux needs to boot. The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) is kept in the /boot directory. | ||
| - | When the system boots, it faces a chicken-and-egg situation: accessing the kernel and related files will require an understanding of Linux filesystem layouts - but the kernel and filesystem drivers have to be loaded off those very filesystems that the machine BIOS does not understand. | + | When the system boots, it faces a chicken-and-egg situation: accessing the kernel and related files will require an understanding of Linux filesystem layouts - but the kernel and filesystem drivers have to be loaded off those very filesystems that the machine BIOS does not understand. [http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/boot.html more detail] |
[[The_System| back to the filesystem]] | [[The_System| back to the filesystem]] | ||
Revision as of 22:29, 25 September 2006
Boot
The /boot directory is one of the main subdirectories under / and it contains the files that Linux needs to boot. The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) is kept in the /boot directory.
When the system boots, it faces a chicken-and-egg situation: accessing the kernel and related files will require an understanding of Linux filesystem layouts - but the kernel and filesystem drivers have to be loaded off those very filesystems that the machine BIOS does not understand. more detail
