Linux Startup Flashcards

1
Q

What is firmware stored in chip on hardware?

A

BIOS

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2
Q

What is another name for the unified extensible firmware interface? (UEFI)

A

BIOS

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3
Q

What detects and maps connected devices?

A

BIOS

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4
Q

What performs a POST power on self test on the system hardware

A

BIOS

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5
Q

What initiates the boot sequence from a connected device?

A

BIOS

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6
Q

Do modern systems use BIOS or UEFI

A

UEFI

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7
Q

What is generally stored in the first block or a specific partition of the bootable device?

A

bootloader

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8
Q

What loads the kernel image?

A

bootloader

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9
Q

what loads the intrd image?

A

bootloader

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10
Q

What is the primary bootloader for most Linux distros?

A

GRUB

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11
Q

What is the central component of linux os?

A

Kernel

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12
Q

What is a compressed image located in the boot directory of the fiesystem?

A

Kernel

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13
Q

What mounts the root filesystem?

A

Kernel

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14
Q

What runs the main initialization process Systemd?

A

Kernel

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15
Q

What is the primary initialization process for most distros?

A

systemd

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16
Q

What spawns all other processes

A

systemd

17
Q

What spawns processes parallelly?

A

systemd

18
Q

What brings system to a predefined state known as a target?

A

systemd

19
Q

What are the steps of the linux startup?

A

BIOS/UEFI > Bootloader > Kernel > Systemd