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explain ``bootstrapping''
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boot: bios read boot sector; boot sector reads in
kernel; kernel initializes itself and runs init; init runs
/etc/rc and/or other scripts and starts gettys and other
programs
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shutdown: all processes are told to quit (sigterm);
wait; then kill any that didn't quit (sigkill); sync; unmount
all filesystems; halt the system; just cutting the power might
cause something to go wrong
Ross Biro
Mon May 22 09:14:56 PDT 1995