On 09/23/2017 05:02 PM, Lee Fisher wrote:
On 09/23/2017 09:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:I want a very custom installer. I'm looking for something that takes a broad view of the boot process. [...]I don't know of any x86/BIOS/Debian-centric doc that meets your needs. Here are some related docs (includes EFI/UEFI not just BIOS, some of these are still useful for BIOS boot background). HTH
Four of the references will do nicely to update my 1970's preconceptions - think paper tape and PDP11's prior to introduction of the RX01/RX02 8" floppy systems and later exposure to an 8085 based embedded system {8085 being state of the art ;} .
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.