Re: What to expect following major update

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 11/26/2011 08:17 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Bob Proulx<bob@proulx.com>  writes:
>
> > > How does the system boot up if /boot is not mounted?
> >
> > You don't need /boot mounted in order to boot.  It only needs to be
> > mounted in order to be updated.  Booting happens before the operating
> > system is loaded and so those files are not needed at operating system
> > time.  By the time the operating system is running there is no longer
> > any need to access those files.
>
> [...]
>
> Your response was to Wayne but I'd like to thank your for a nice
> walk thru of the early stages of bootup.

As would I as well.  I have never looked into how boot up worked

Thanks Bob for the very useful, as well as understandable, lesson.

Wayne