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Boot sequence




   Hello folks

   When trying some boot disk hacking, I got this message:

Child process 3 died, code ff00
Child process 4 died, code ff00
...ad infinitum

   A. what did I do wrong?
   B. Can someone describe the Linux boot sequence? What I know is this:

LILO fires up from the boot record
LILO loads the kernel
The kernel loads the filesystem into the ramdisk
The kernel mounts the filesystem
??? some misterious actions happen ???
The kernel starts init[1]
init[1] processes the /etc/inittab file
the inittab file instructs init to:
  x start the correct initialization scripts
  x spawn the agetty daemons and other evil creatures

What am I missing there?

Thanks.

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            Arik Baratz, Regularus Studentus, iNTP, 4Z9DGE
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