On 09/23/2017 10:43 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/19/2017 08:56 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
[snip]
My goal is NOT a "general purpose GNU/Linux".
My goal IS a "thingy/dodad/whatsit" which can perform a single task.
That task would be indistinguishable, to a human at a terminal, from a
standard installer residing on a CD/DVD. It will install Debian to
another location, be it device or partition.
[snip]
There are also useful links in the Debian Wiki, including:
BootProcess
<https://wiki.debian.org/BootProcess>
CategoryBootProcess
<https://wiki.debian.org/CategoryBootProcess>
SystemBootProcess
<https://wiki.debian.org/SystemBootProcess>
Title Search: "boot process"
<https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=boot+process&titlesearch=Titles>
Over on debian-boot@lists.debian.org I asked a related question. Some of the links were:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxboot/ Inside the Linux boot process -- a guided tour from the MBR to 1st user-space application https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_startup_process The multi-stage initialization process performed during booting a Linux installation. http://wiki.osdev.org/System_Initialization_%28x86%29 System Initialization (x86) -- the traditional BIOS-based system initialization process. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_boot_process To boot Linux, a boot loader must be installed. The boot loader being responsible for loading the kernel and initial ramdisk before initiating the boot process.They will do nicely to update my 1970's preconceptions - think paper tape and PDP11's prior to introduction of the RX01/RX02 floppies and later exposure to an 8085 based embedded system. Now {perhaps ;} my questions will be phrased so that they make sense to those used to current technology.