Re: Needed Documentation

[Sten Anderson <sten@bergsoe.k-net.dk>]

"Chris Brown" <CBROWN@seitz.com> writes:

> I'm looking for a flowchart or something that describes the boot 
> sequence in detail... haven't found anything like that yet.
> 
> I'm a newbie to Linux, installed my first two systems this past 
> weekend and have tons to learn. I know the PC inside out and am 
> comfortable with OS's in general, have witten my share of x86 
> assembly and DOS tsr's. 
> 
> I have no idea what happens during the kernel bootup, initialization 
> and the starting of processes. Mainly looking for which process 
> invokes what, and how and where control is passed around during 
> system startup.

For a general introduction to the topic, you should read the excellent 
book: "The Linux System Administrators' Guide" by Lars Wirzenius (who
is also a Debian developer!) 

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~wirzeniu/linux/sag/

The book is part of the Linux Documentation Project 

http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ 

> Secondly, I'm looking for a breif but complete listing bash and 
> external commands.

The man page for bashis obligatory reading. Its rather long, so i
recommend "man -t bash > bash-manual.ps"

- Sten Anderson


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