gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:01:07 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] how kernel compiling works


On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 09:37:41AM -0500, Ziegler, Scott wrote:
> Does this mean that LILO will mount the /boot partition to load the kernel
> at boot time?

It means lilo knows enough about your disk's structure to read the
kernel out of it. lilo's got no concept of a file system.

The kernel, after initializing devices, will mount your disks.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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