Boot Process Flashcards
1
Q
BIOS
A
Basic Input/Output System. OS independent and tests hardware to make sure it’s ready to use
2
Q
What does the bios check
A
drives, cpu, ram (order can be changed)
3
Q
LiLo
A
the old linux bootloader (linux loader)
4
Q
GRUB
A
Grand unified bootloader. The main bootloader
5
Q
initial ram disk
A
What the linux kernel loads from
6
Q
ring buffer
A
a data structure that stores messages from the linux kernel
7
Q
syslog standard
A
the centralization of log files
8
Q
syslog severity
A
how severe a situation is
9
Q
syslog selector field
A
shows the facility and severity
10
Q
syslog action field
A
decides what the log message will do
11
Q
logger
A
lets you generate log messages
12
Q
logger -p
A
gets you facility and severity
13
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