The boot sector program in the Linux kernel loads the kernel directly into memory without the need for a second stage boot loader. As the kernel is located in contiguous sectors on a diskette, there ...

The boot sector program in the Linux kernel loads the kernel directly into memory without the need for a second stage boot loader. As the kernel is located in contiguous sectors on a diskette, there ...

Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

The firmware ' UEFI ' installed in the PC has a mechanism called 'Secure Boot'. Secure Boot verifies the signature of the program that is executed before the OS starts, and protects the device by ...

The UEFI boot loader can allow independent Linux distributions to run on Windows 8 machines Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux ...

One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

MontaVista Software has always been a leader in embedded-Linux commercialization. The company has developed Linux-development platforms since 1999, when founder Jim Ready pledged to bring “100% pure ...

Ubuntu and other Linux distributions make dual booting easy, once certain configuration issues are addressed. Dual booting requires that space be made on the hard ...