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Boot and Bootloader: The Complete Documentation

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• The last paper was added on 2007-03-26 (YYYY-MM-DD)

bootparam - Introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel

Published on 2002-06-04, by Waikato Linux Users Group, ©Waikato Linux Users Group.

The Linux kernel accepts certain command line options' or boot time parameters' at the moment it is started. In general this is used to supply the kernel with information about hardware parameters that the kernel would not be able to determine on its own, or to avoid/override the values that the kernel would otherwise detect.

Das U-Boot: The Universal Boot Loader

Published on 2004-08-27, by Curt Brune, ©Curt Brune.

Exciting new embedded Linux devices are appearing at an astonishing rate. From tiny 3 inch "Gumstix" boards to PDAs and smart-phones embedded Linux is everywhere. Installing and booting Linux on these wildly varying boards is quite a chore. Without a good boot loader these machines are just complicated hunks of silicon with nothing to do. That's where Das U-Boot, a Free Software universal boot loader, steps in.

GRUB Splash Image Howto

Published on December, 08 2003, by Luis R. Rodriguez, ©Luis R. Rodriguez.

This tutorial was written right after RH 8.0 was released. Red Hat 8.0 was the first distribution out there that included the "splashimage" feature. This feature, as many of you are aware of, allows you to have a nice image to display at boot time while you select the OS/kernel image you'd like to load. Fortunately for you readers I didn't read the info page which did have information regarding this feature on Red Hat 8.0.

Guided Tour of a Linux Boot (A)

Published on 1999-12-08, by Craig Van Degrift, ©Craig Van Degrift.

The firmware and software programs output various messages as the computer and Linux come to life. These notes attempt to help clarify what routines and devices are doing.

LILO mini-HOWTO

Published on 2003-08-20, by Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, ©Miroslav "Misko" Skoric.

LILO is the most used Linux Loader for the x86 flavour of Linux; I'll call it Lilo rather than LILO here because I don't appreciate uppercase. This file describes some typical Lilo installations. It's intended as a supplement to the Lilo User's Guide. I think examples are informative even if your setup isn't much like mine. I hope this saves you trouble. Since Lilo's own documentation is very good, who's interested in the details is referred to /usr/doc/lilo* (once upon a time said gentlemen like Cameron Spitzer and Alessandro Rubini who have made early versions of this document)

LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOW-TO

Published on 03 May 2003, by Alavoor Vasudevan, ©Alavoor Vasudevan.

This document discusses methods to recover from Linux system failures. Various reasons for linux system failures can be - LILO is destroyed, or linux fails to boot, or Master Boot Record (MBR) is damaged or linux fails to boot when another operating system like Windows NT is installed which erases LILO or MBR.

Linux Bootdisk HOWTO (The)

Published on January 2002, by Tom Fawcett, ©Tom Fawcett.

This document describes how to design and build boot/root diskettes for Linux. These disks can be used as rescue disks or to test new system components. You should be reasonably familiar with system administration tasks before attempting to build a bootdisk.

Linux BootPrompt-HowTo (The)

Published on 2003-03-21, by Paul Gortmaker, ©Paul Gortmaker.

This is the BootPrompt-Howto, which is a compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. A discussion of how the kernel sorts boot time arguments, along with an overview of some of the popular software used to boot Linux kernels is also included.