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it is basically start up program that is responsible for locating lower hard disk addresses where operating system is stored

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What is one function of the bootstrap program during the router boot process?

loading Cisco IOS software


How was the first os loaded onto the computer?

By first loading a small bootstrap program. The bootstrap program then loaded the OS.It is still done this way, except the bootstrap programon most modern computers is preloaded on ROM so it needs no special action on the part of the operator/user to load it as was needed on the early computers.Some early computers used a 2 stage bootstrap to simplify thing for the operator/user: the small bootstrap program loaded a larger more powerful bootstrap program, which then loaded the OS. This is not necessary with the bootstrap program in ROM, the large bootstrap program would be the one in ROM.


Difference between bootstrap loader and bootstrap program?

A bootstrap loader is a small program that initializes the operating system by loading it into memory when a computer is powered on or restarted. It is typically stored in a fixed location in the firmware or memory and is responsible for locating and loading the operating system kernel. In contrast, a bootstrap program refers more broadly to the collection of routines or instructions that prepare the system for execution, including tasks like setting up the environment and loading necessary drivers. Essentially, the bootstrap loader is a component of the broader bootstrap process managed by the bootstrap program.


The term booting up your computer is booting up is derived from?

The computer term bootstrap began as a metaphor in the 1950s. In computers, pressing a bootstrap button caused a hardwired program to read a bootstrap program from an input unit and then execute the bootstrap program which read more program instructions and became a self-sustaining process that proceeded without external help from manually entered instructions. As a computing term, bootstrap has been used since at least 1958 - now usually abbreviated to boot.


What is the function of the bootstrap loader?

To Test Your hardware on boot


What would the bootstrap program need to do?

The bootstrap program should automatically load the operating system after a power outage or reset. The operating system would then load the remaining software.


What kind of program is for sale at the Bootstrap World Org website?

Bootstrap World offers a free program to kids aged 12 to 16 years old that teaches algebra through the programming of video games. This program is no charge, and nothing is for sale at the website.


What is the order in which the bootstrap program searches the OS boot up file?

The answer is CMOS.


Who loads bootstrap program in memory and when?

When the computer start all the essential files, to start the operating system load from disk to the memory.Basically the bootstrap program is loaded into the read only memory(ROM) which enables while the computer start.


What is a booststrap program?

A bootstrap program is the small program that is executed by the BIOS when the computer powers on. All it does is find the kernel for an OS and loads it into memory, thereby starting the computer's operating system.


When was Bootstrap Productions created?

Bootstrap Productions was created in 1999.


What would the bootstrap do?

"Bootstrapping" is long for "booting", which is simply a technique by which a simple computer program activates a more complicated system of programs.