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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
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To: Paul Gortmaker <p_gortmaker@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux OS boilerplate
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Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> 
> Scott Long wrote:
> >
> > I've been poring over the x86 boot code for a while now and I've been
> > considering writing a FAQ on the boot process (mostly for my own use,
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Does there exist an outline (detailed or not) of the boot process from
> > the point of BIOS bootsector load to when the kernel proper begins
> 
> IIRC, there is some useful info contained within loadlin.  Also, I
> found a doc by hpa called "THE LINUX/I386 BOOT PROTOCOL" in my local
> archive of cruft -  I just assumed it was in Documentation/ but
> apparently it never made it there (yet).
> 

It's in there (Documentation/i386/boot.txt).

	-hpa

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