How Computers boot up


	How Computers boot up

Djiezes

7-17-2008 4:36 PM

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computers, boot, booting, kernel

Djiezes says:

This extensive 3-part post focuses on the linux booting process, from motherboard & chipset to the bootloader & kernel booting process.

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