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diff --git a/hurd/what_is_an_os_bootstrap.mdwn b/hurd/what_is_an_os_bootstrap.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b2db2554 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/what_is_an_os_bootstrap.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta title="What is an OS bootstrap"]] + +# What is an OS bootstrap? + +An operating system's bootstrap is the process that happens shortly +after you press the power on button, as shown below: + +Power-on -> Bios -> Bootloader -> **OS Bootstrap** -> service manager + +Note that in this context the OS bootstrap is not [building a +distribution and packages from source +code](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Bootstrapping.html). +The OS bootstrap has nothing to do with [reproducible +builds](https://reproducible-builds.org/). |