Differences In The Boot Process Of Other Architectures - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 Reference Manual

Section 3.7:Differences in the Boot Process of Other Architectures 57
3.7 Differences in the Boot Process of Other
Architectures
Each computer architecture supported by Red Hat Linux boots the operating system in a different way.
However, once the Red Hat Linux kernel begins booting and hands off the boot process to init, the
same events happen on each architecture in exactly the same way. The only difference is in the way
Red Hat Linux finds the kernel to load it in order to start init.
For example, the Alpha architecture uses the aboot boot loader, while the Itanium architecture uses
the ELILO boot loader.
Consult the installation information for each of the architectures for detailed information about the
different boot methods.