In the first stage of the boot, the BIOS loads a part of the boot loader known as the initial program loader, or IPL. The IPL interrogates the partition table and subsequently is able to load data wherever it may exist on the various media. This action is used initially to locate the second stage boot loader, which holds the remainder of the loader.
Boot loaders are usually configured in one of two ways: either as a primary boot loader or as a secondary boot loader. Primary boot loaders are where the first stage of the boot loader is installed on the MBR. Secondary boot loaders are where the first stage of the boot loader is installed onto a bootable partition. A separate boot loader must then be installed into the MBR and configured to pass control to the secondary boot loader. Hope this explains On May 17, 11:18 am, Amit Pundir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:47 PM, krishna chaitanya > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > how to do the primary boot either for beagle board or panda board.Can > > anyone pls help in mentioning about the steps doing it. > > Hi, what do you mean by primary boot? > > Regards, > Amit Pundir > > > > > Thanks, > > Krishna Chaitanya > > > -- > > unsubscribe: [email protected] > > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -- unsubscribe: [email protected] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
