Analysis of Linux Startup Process

With the rapid development of the IT industry,the embedded system has been more and more important,especially the Linux operating system which has got great recognition and comprehensive application.This paper analyzes the startup process of Linux operating system by VMware virtual PC,taking a fedora 8 and kernel version 2.6.23 as an example.It divides the startup process into four stages such as hardware initializations,kernel guiding,init process running,and terminal building.After analyzing the startup process of every stage,it draws the following chart of the startup process.The analysis of the startup process of Linux operating system is the basic work for deeply analyzing Linux kernel,cutting out Linux operating system and finally applying Linux into the embedded system.