Chapter 1 Flashcards
Which of the following controls the first part of the boot sequence?
BIOS
Which of the following controls the last part of the boot sequence?
/sbin/init
BIOS usually passes control to which of the following?
a bootloader
A bootloader usually passes control to which of the following?
the Linux kernel
Which is the first process started by the Linux kernel?
/sbin/init
Which of the following is responsible for initially mounting the root partition?
the Linux kernel
Which of the following is responsible for determining the appropriate boot device?
BIOS
Which of the following is usually found in a disk’s Master Boot Record?
a bootloader
Which of the following is found in the ROM of a system’s motherboard?
BIOS
What is the name of the protocol used to assign non-conflicting resource configurations to devices?
Plug-‘n-Play