Boot Process

Question 1

BIOS

Answer 1

Basic Input/Output System. OS independent and tests hardware to make sure it’s ready to use

Question 2

What does the bios check

Answer 2

drives, cpu, ram (order can be changed)

Question 3

LiLo

Answer 3

the old linux bootloader (linux loader)

Question 4

GRUB

Answer 4

Grand unified bootloader. The main bootloader

Question 5

initial ram disk

Answer 5

What the linux kernel loads from

Question 6

ring buffer

Answer 6

a data structure that stores messages from the linux kernel

Question 7

syslog standard

Answer 7

the centralization of log files

Question 8

syslog severity

Answer 8

how severe a situation is

Question 9

syslog selector field

Answer 9

shows the facility and severity

Question 10

syslog action field

Answer 10

decides what the log message will do

Question 11

logger

Answer 11

lets you generate log messages

Question 12

logger -p

Answer 12

gets you facility and severity