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Linux booting process is more or less like Unix.Then too if anybody has better answer then pls give it

LiLo's attempt to load the operating system.Here LiLo is Linux Loader and further considered as Boot Loader.

1. In case of a multi-boot config, LiLo permits the user two choose an operating system from the menu. The LiLo settings are stored at/etc/lilo.conf. System administrators use this file for a very detailed finement of the loader. Here can be manually set what operating systems are installed, as well as the method for loading any of them. If on the computer there is only Linux, LiLo can be set to load directly the kernel, and skip the selection menu.

2. The Linux kernel is compressed, and contains a small bit, which will decompress it. Immediately after the first step begins the decompression and the loading of the kernel.

3. If the kernel detects that your graphics card supports more complex text modes, Linux allows the usage of them - this can be specified or during the recompilation of the kernel, or right inside Lilo, or other program, like rdev.

4. The kernel verifies hardware configuration (floppy drive, hard disk, network adapters, etc) and configures the drivers for the system. During this operation, several informative messages are shown to the user.

5. The kernel tries to mount the file system and the system files. The location of system files is configurable during recompilation, or with other programs - LiLo and rdev. The file system type is automatically detected. The most used file systems on Linux are ext2 and ext3. If the mount fails, a so-called kernel panic will occur, and the system will "freeze".
System files are usually mounted in read-only mode, to permit a verification of them during the mount. This verification isn't indicated if the files were mounted in read-writemode.

6. After these steps, the kernel will start init, which will become process number 1, and will start the rest of the system.

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