Boot Process
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What is Disk Partitioning and Why is it Used?
Disk partitioning is the process of dividing a single physical disk into multiple independent logical sections, called partitions, each of which the operating…
What Are the Stages of the Boot Process?
The boot process moves a machine from powered-off silence to a running OS through four distinct stages: firmware power-on self-test, bootloader hand-off, kerne…
BIOS vs UEFI: What Is the Difference?
BIOS is legacy 16-bit firmware that boots from a fixed Master Boot Record with a 2TB disk limit and no native networking, while UEFI is modern firmware that bo…
What Is a Bootloader and What Does It Do?
A bootloader is the small piece of software that firmware executes right after power-on to locate, load, and hand CPU control to an operating system’s kernel,…
What is an Interrupt Vector Table?
An interrupt vector table (IVT) is an array of handler addresses indexed by interrupt or exception number, used by the CPU to jump directly to the correct hand…