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Anatomy of the Linux Boot Process

Posted by Zonk on from the step-one-turn-on-computer dept.

Donna writes "This article discusses detailed similarities and differences involved in booting Linux on an x86-based platform (typically a PC-compatible SBC) and a custom embedded platform based around PowerPC, ARM, and others. It discusses suggested hardware and software designs and highlights the tradeoffs of each. It also describes important design pitfalls and best practices."

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  1. I have a computer science degree by Claire-plus-plus · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I still found that article as boring as hell!

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    1. Re:I have a computer science degree by j1bb3rj4bb3r · · Score: 3, Funny

      But I still found that article as boring as hell!

      If you had an EE degree, you might find it more interesting... but then likely everyone else would find *you* boring as hell.

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  2. Fire safety and misdirected arrows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Lewin A.R.W. Edwards works for a Fortune 50 company as a wireless security/fire safety device design engineer.

    Time to stop trusting that the arrows if emergency exit signs are right now too?

  3. The BSD boot process by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And here i Present you the BSD boot process

    1) birth
    2) death (confirmed by netcraft)

  4. Re:The good thing about Linux by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or hardware installation :)

    About that... I've unsuccessfully tried hotswapping an AGP video card once... I spent the rest of the day looking up motherboard, ram, and video card prices online... using another computer... I'll let you figure out why...

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  5. My boot process by i.r.id10t · · Score: 5, Funny

    Open the office, turn on the computer, walk out of the office, walk across campus to the cafeteria while ogling the young college chicks, get a cup of coffee, walk back, log in, do work.

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    Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos
  6. Re:describes important design pitfalls by psetzer · · Score: 3, Funny

    How the mighty have fallen! I'd never expect to see Andrew Tanenbaum trolling Slashdot as AC.

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  7. Re:The article: by grozzie2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I _think_ the ibm site can handle a /. swarm. No need to karma whore this one.

  8. Re:The good thing about Linux by WinterpegCanuck · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've always been partial to pulling out running CPU's. . . The system just kind of stops. No errors. Just peace. Like a portrait in time.

    I think I need to write a poem.

    PS. be careful what web page you were viewing at the time, as it isn't so easy to close.