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<!--
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml,v 1.5 2000/03/25 14:18:24 nbm Exp $
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml,v 1.6 2000/04/03 02:15:35 chris Exp $
-->
<chapter id="boot">
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<para>FreeBSD uses a three-stage bootstrap by default, which
basically entails three programs which call each
other in order (the two <link linkend="boot-blocks">boot
other in order (two <link linkend="boot-blocks">boot
blocks</link>, and the <link
linkend="boot-loader">loader</link>). Each of these three build on the
previous program's understanding and provide increasing amounts
of sophistication.</para>
<para>The kernel is then started, at which time devices are
probed for and initialized for use. Once the kernel boot
<para>The kernel is then started, which will then probe for devices
and initialize them for use. Once the kernel boot
process is finished, the kernel passes control to the user process
&man.init.8;, which then makes sure the disks are in a usable state.
&man.init.8; then starts the user-level resource configuration which
@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
programs to determine what configuration details were
determined.</para>
<para>In standard personal computers, this involves the BIOS,
which oversees the bootstrap, and CMOS, which stores
configuration; and these understand disks, and they also
<para>In standard personal computers, this involves the BIOS
(which oversees the bootstrap), and CMOS (which stores
configuration). BIOS and CMOS understand disks, and also
understand where on the disk to find a program that will know
how to load up an operating system.</para>
<para>This chapter will not deal with this first part of the
bootstrap process, and focuses on what happens after control
bootstrap process. Instead it will focus on what happens after control
is passed to the program on the disk.</para>
<para>The boot blocks are responsible for finding (usually) the
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list of possible slices to boot from.</para>
<para>boot0 is very simple, since the program in the
<abbrev>MBR</abbrev> can only be 512 bytes large.</para>
<abbrev>MBR</abbrev> can only be 512 bytes in size.</para>
<para>It displays something like this:</para>
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find the program to run to continue the boot process.</para>
<para>boot1 is very simple, since it too can only be 512 bytes
large, and knows just enough about the FreeBSD
in size, and knows just enough about the FreeBSD
<firstterm>disklabel</firstterm>, which stores information
about the slice, to find and execute <link
linkend="boot-boot2">boot2</link>.</para>
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<example id="boot-boot2-example">
<title>boot2 screenshot</title>
<screen>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
<screen>&gt;&gt; FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:wd(0,a)/kernel
boot:</screen>
</example>
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<para>Once the kernel is loaded by either <link
linkend="boot-loader">loader</link> (as usual) or <link
linkend="boot-boot2">boot2</link> (bypassing the loader), it
examines its boot flags, if any, and adjusts its behaviour as
examines its boot flags, if any, and adjusts its behavior as
necessary.</para>
<sect2 id="boot-kernel-bootflags">

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The FreeBSD Documentation Project
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml,v 1.5 2000/03/25 14:18:24 nbm Exp $
$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.sgml,v 1.6 2000/04/03 02:15:35 chris Exp $
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<chapter id="boot">
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<para>FreeBSD uses a three-stage bootstrap by default, which
basically entails three programs which call each
other in order (the two <link linkend="boot-blocks">boot
other in order (two <link linkend="boot-blocks">boot
blocks</link>, and the <link
linkend="boot-loader">loader</link>). Each of these three build on the
previous program's understanding and provide increasing amounts
of sophistication.</para>
<para>The kernel is then started, at which time devices are
probed for and initialized for use. Once the kernel boot
<para>The kernel is then started, which will then probe for devices
and initialize them for use. Once the kernel boot
process is finished, the kernel passes control to the user process
&man.init.8;, which then makes sure the disks are in a usable state.
&man.init.8; then starts the user-level resource configuration which
@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
programs to determine what configuration details were
determined.</para>
<para>In standard personal computers, this involves the BIOS,
which oversees the bootstrap, and CMOS, which stores
configuration; and these understand disks, and they also
<para>In standard personal computers, this involves the BIOS
(which oversees the bootstrap), and CMOS (which stores
configuration). BIOS and CMOS understand disks, and also
understand where on the disk to find a program that will know
how to load up an operating system.</para>
<para>This chapter will not deal with this first part of the
bootstrap process, and focuses on what happens after control
bootstrap process. Instead it will focus on what happens after control
is passed to the program on the disk.</para>
<para>The boot blocks are responsible for finding (usually) the
@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
list of possible slices to boot from.</para>
<para>boot0 is very simple, since the program in the
<abbrev>MBR</abbrev> can only be 512 bytes large.</para>
<abbrev>MBR</abbrev> can only be 512 bytes in size.</para>
<para>It displays something like this:</para>
@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Default: F2</screen>
find the program to run to continue the boot process.</para>
<para>boot1 is very simple, since it too can only be 512 bytes
large, and knows just enough about the FreeBSD
in size, and knows just enough about the FreeBSD
<firstterm>disklabel</firstterm>, which stores information
about the slice, to find and execute <link
linkend="boot-boot2">boot2</link>.</para>
@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Default: F2</screen>
<example id="boot-boot2-example">
<title>boot2 screenshot</title>
<screen>>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
<screen>&gt;&gt; FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
Default: 0:wd(0,a)/kernel
boot:</screen>
</example>
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<para>Once the kernel is loaded by either <link
linkend="boot-loader">loader</link> (as usual) or <link
linkend="boot-boot2">boot2</link> (bypassing the loader), it
examines its boot flags, if any, and adjusts its behaviour as
examines its boot flags, if any, and adjusts its behavior as
necessary.</para>
<sect2 id="boot-kernel-bootflags">