Just some points:

1. The kernel loads the initramfs or ondisk init depending on which is found first in order by initramfs>init-prog.

2. No mentioning of bsd-style init which simplifies sysvinit usages.

3. S6, perp, and daemontools-encore are service supervisors only, not true init, as they still require an init program to boot with.

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Subject: Re: [Dng] Linux boot documentation



On 04/05/15 16:48, Steve Litt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just documented the boot process, from Grub through init.
>
> See http://troubleshooters.com/linux/diy/howboot.htm
>
> Hope you like it.
>
> SteveT
>
>
> Steve Litt
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Good one Steve, Thanks.

But perhaps it would be better to reduce the scope of your document or
add more information, because Linux is not only being used on ordinary
PC or servers. For embedded devices, the boot process is essentially the
same but slightly different at early stage of the process. For instance
on OpenWRT (http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/techref/process.boot) or
Raspberry Pi (http://elinux.org/RPi_Software), which both of them are
based on Debian.

I do not claim myself to be an expert on this. I might know just a tiny
bit. So before you ask, please forgive me if I could not provide further
explanations.

Cheers,

Anto

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