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Linux Boot Process
Load the Kernel image (continued)
- Kernel contains several built-in parameters
- boot device parameter table
- device name to mount as root ( / ) filesystem once booting is complete
- mode to mount root ( / ) filesystem as (typically read-only at this stage)
- Kernel can also accept and process command line parameters from the user prior to start-up
- allows for modifying defaults listed in configuration files or passing parameters only required for this particular boot session