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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:27 pm    Post subject: Diagram of gentoo booting process Reply with quote

Hey guys,

I'm new to gentoo.. Was wondering if anyone has a diagram of gentoo's loading process..

It will help me draw a mental picture. Yes I'm weird that way. I like to picture where and when processes can go wrong..

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2013 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take a look at bootchart2.
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PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ant P. wrote:
Take a look at bootchart2.


Hey Thanks for the reply...

But I fail to see where this link provides a Diagram of the booting process for gentoo linux...

What I saw in GitHub was a community of programmers that share there codes and ideas combined with I guess GitHub platform...
I'm looking for a PDF of some-sort...

Thanks
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PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2013 1:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why not have a look at the log files from your machine booting?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

swathe wrote:
Why not have a look at the log files from your machine booting?


How do I do that... And will the log files describe at what point a process begins and when it ends..?

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 2:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think such documentation exist. But you can get pieces at many places.

You can get a first idea at : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=2&chap=4

This is not up to date if you use systemd.

Other than that you could read documentation from LFS project : http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/

Linux from scratch will give you an understanding of what is done by the OS at boot time.

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DEC-Objectice wrote:
Was wondering if anyone has a diagram of gentoo's loading process..

You won't find such a diagram as it would be different for every Gentoo machine which is why Ant P. suggested bootchart2 which will create a diagram for your machine.

DEC-Objectice wrote:
Ant P. wrote:
Take a look at bootchart2.


Hey Thanks for the reply...

But I fail to see where this link provides a Diagram of the booting process for gentoo linux...


You can install bootchart2 with Portage:

Code:
emerge bootchart2


Once it's installed the man page will tell you what you need to do to get a chart of the boot process.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello,

The process is quite generic and not gentoo-specific.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

imaginasys wrote:
I don't think such documentation exist. But you can get pieces at many places.

You can get a first idea at : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=2&chap=4

This is not up to date if you use systemd.

Other than that you could read documentation from LFS project : http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/

Linux from scratch will give you an understanding of what is done by the OS at boot time.

Regards,
BT :mrgreen:




Great Link thanks for this..
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomk wrote:
DEC-Objectice wrote:
Was wondering if anyone has a diagram of gentoo's loading process..

You won't find such a diagram as it would be different for every Gentoo machine which is why Ant P. suggested bootchart2 which will create a diagram for your machine.

DEC-Objectice wrote:
Ant P. wrote:
Take a look at bootchart2.


Hey Thanks for the reply...

But I fail to see where this link provides a Diagram of the booting process for gentoo linux...


You can install bootchart2 with Portage:

Code:
emerge bootchart2


Once it's installed the man page will tell you what you need to do to get a chart of the boot process.


Thanks for the heads up/revisit. and proper explanation : )
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After reading this post I got curious and installed bootchart2.
Had to add a few things to my kernel config.
Works like a charm.
Still have to figure out what it all means.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, it's not exactly what you're looking for, but I noticed the following article (which includes a PDF link) this evening whilst browsing tuxmachines.org:

http://www.expertslogin.com/booting/linux-boot-process-chart/

Just thought I'd mention it in case it is of interest.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fitzcarraldo wrote:
Well, it's not exactly what you're looking for, but I noticed the following article (which includes a PDF link) this evening whilst browsing tuxmachines.org:

http://www.expertslogin.com/booting/linux-boot-process-chart/

Just thought I'd mention it in case it is of interest.


Right On Fitz... Thanks. I can Now combine the two recommendations a have a clear understanding...

Thanks guys..
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