In x86, the Boot loader is GNU Grub
In SPARC, the Boot loader is Open Boot PROM
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Phase |
Description |
1 |
Boot Loader Phase |
Root file system archive is loaded |
2 |
Booter Phase |
Boot archive is read and executed |
3 |
Ramdisk Phase |
Kernel image is extracted and executed |
4 |
Kernel Phase |
Oracle Solaris is initialized and root file system is mounted |
5 |
init Phase |
The init daemon starts the svc.startd daemon |
6 |
svc.startd Phase |
The svc.startd daemon starts system processes |
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