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Kernel booting process

This chapter describes linux kernel booting process. You will see here a couple of posts which describes full cycle of the kernel loading:

From the bootloader to kernel - describes all stages from turning on the computer before the first instruction of the kernel;
First steps in the kernel setup code - describes first steps in the kernel setup code. You will see heap initialization, querying of different parameters like EDD, IST and etc...
Video mode initialization and transition to protected mode - describes video mode initialization in the kernel setup code and transition to protected mode.