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evhisgod

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Registered: 2016-04-23

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Boot process documentation

I would like to learn about the internals of the boot process of the installation CD, with a view to hacking it and customizing it for my own needs.  Can anyone point me in the direction of any documentation (or even books) that might help, please?

P.S. I know about Archiso and it's not what I am looking for, for my purposes.

Head_on_a_Stick

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From: London

Registered: 2014-02-20

Posts: 7,732

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Re: Boot process documentation

The Arch live ISO image uses GRUB for the non-UEFI bootloader (I think) and systemd-boot as the UEFI bootmanager.

All the configuration files are in the usual locations

https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softwa … temd-boot/

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jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: Boot process documentation

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

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Re: Boot process documentation

Add this too

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2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 4,645

Re: Boot process documentation

The Arch install iso uses syslinux.