Introduction to Network
Administration
Network Administration
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The kernel initialization includes:
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The detection and initialization of devices. It means
any device drivers compiled
into the kernel are called and try to locate their corresponding devices.
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Mounting the root file system in read-only mode
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Loading the initial process "init"
The kernel initialization is very rapid and therefore it is very difficult to follow
visually. One can read system generated log file to check what happened during
kernel initialization. Generally log file can be stored under
/var/log/dmesg
Initialize "init"
Init (initialization) is the father of all processes. Its primary role is to create processes
from a script stored in the file
/etc/inittab. This file usually has entries which cause
init
to spawn gettys on each line that users can log in. It also controls autonomous
processes required by any particular system.
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"
init" is the main process, it will always have a
PID value:
1.
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