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The boot directory of Linux 0.01 contains head.s and boot.s. Click the Comments column to read Linus's comments in the source file.
File |
Descriptions |
Comments |
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boot.s |
Bootstrap loader to be executed from BIOS startup |
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head.s |
32-bit startup block for linux. Calls init _main() |
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The kernel bootup goes through three steps.