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UNIX Boot Procedures and Commands by JeandelaSagesse is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document describes the boot procedures and initialization processes for UNIX systems running on PDP-11 computers. It explains how the bootstrap operating system (bos) is used to load either warm or cold versions of UNIX from a read-only disk. The cold boot process involves loading a special boot program from a DECtape to initialize the disk. It also describes how the initialization tape is created and the files it contains to initialize a new system.

Author

JeandelaSagesse

Language

EN