On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 20:42:02 +0000 (UTC) "Michael D. Berger" <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com> wrote: > On Sat, 04 Dec 2010 15:25:47 +0000, Keith Roberts wrote: > > [...] > > > > Please see this old SuSE documentation for a good description of the > > Linux boot process: > > > > http://linuxmafia.com/linux/suse-linux-internals/part2.html > > > [...] > > Will this SuSE documentation be correct for CentOS, which is RedHat? I'm not a boot-loader expert, but CentOS uses grub and the first thing I notice about the attached article is that it talks about LILO. From what I've gathered LILO is a different animal than grub, so as far as the documentation is specific to lilo processes, I'd say no it wouldn't be correct for CentOS. However since the 'li' part of lilo stands for linux, then it may be a good general reference. But some of those more expert in the differences two will probably chime in at some point.