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6 Stages of Linux Boot Process (Startup Sequence)

Press the power button on your system, and after few moments you see the Linux login prompt.

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes from the time you press the power button until the Linux login prompt appears?

The following are the 6 high level stages of a typical Linux boot process.

1. BIOS

  • BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System
  • Performs some system integrity checks
  • Searches, loads, and executes the boot loader program.
  • It looks for boot loader in floppy, cd-rom, or hard drive. You can press a key (typically F12 of F2, but it depends on your system) during the BIOS startup to change the boot sequence.
  • Once the boot loader program is detected and loaded into the memory, BIOS gives the control to it.
  • So, in simple terms BIOS loads and executes the MBR boot loader.

2. MBR

  • MBR stands for Master Boot Record.
  • It is located in the 1st sector of the bootable disk. Typically /dev/hda, or /dev/sda
  • MBR is less than 512 bytes in size. This has three components 1) primary boot loader info in 1st 446 bytes 2) partition table info in next 64 bytes 3) mbr validation check in last 2 bytes.
  • It contains information about GRUB (or LILO in old systems).
  • So, in simple terms MBR loads and executes the GRUB boot loader.

3. GRUB

  • GRUB stands for Grand Unified Bootloader.
  • If you have multiple kernel images installed on your system, you can choose which one to be executed.
  • GRUB displays a splash screen, waits for few seconds, if you don’t enter anything, it loads the default kernel image as specified in the grub configuration file.
  • GRUB has the knowledge of the filesystem (the older Linux loader LILO didn’t understand filesystem).
  • Grub configuration file is /boot/grub/grub.conf (/etc/grub.conf is a link to this). The following is sample grub.conf of CentOS.
  • #boot=/dev/sda
    default=0
    timeout=5
    splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
    hiddenmenu
    title CentOS (2.6.18-194.el5PAE)
              root (hd0,0)
              kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.el5PAE ro root=LABEL=/
              initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.el5PAE.img
  • As you notice from the above info, it contains kernel and initrd image.
  • So, in simple terms GRUB just loads and executes Kernel and initrd images.

4. Kernel

  • Mounts the root file system as specified in the “root=” in grub.conf
  • Kernel executes the /sbin/init program
  • Since init was the 1st program to be executed by Linux Kernel, it has the process id (PID) of 1. Do a ‘ps -ef | grep init’ and check the pid.
  • initrd stands for Initial RAM Disk.
  • initrd is used by kernel as temporary root file system until kernel is booted and the real root file system is mounted. It also contains necessary drivers compiled inside, which helps it to access the hard drive partitions, and other hardware.

5. Init

  • Looks at the /etc/inittab file to decide the Linux run level.
  • Following are the available run levels
    • 0 – halt
    • 1 – Single user mode
    • 2 – Multiuser, without NFS
    • 3 – Full multiuser mode
    • 4 – unused
    • 5 – X11
    • 6 – reboot
  • Init identifies the default initlevel from /etc/inittab and uses that to load all appropriate program.
  • Execute ‘grep initdefault /etc/inittab’ on your system to identify the default run level
  • If you want to get into trouble, you can set the default run level to 0 or 6. Since you know what 0 and 6 means, probably you might not do that.
  • Typically you would set the default run level to either 3 or 5.

6. Runlevel programs

  • When the Linux system is booting up, you might see various services getting started. For example, it might say “starting sendmail …. OK”. Those are the runlevel programs, executed from the run level directory as defined by your run level.
  • Depending on your default init level setting, the system will execute the programs from one of the following directories.
    • Run level 0 – /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/
    • Run level 1 – /etc/rc.d/rc1.d/
    • Run level 2 – /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/
    • Run level 3 – /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/
    • Run level 4 – /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/
    • Run level 5 – /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/
    • Run level 6 – /etc/rc.d/rc6.d/
  • Please note that there are also symbolic links available for these directory under /etc directly. So, /etc/rc0.d is linked to /etc/rc.d/rc0.d.
  • Under the /etc/rc.d/rc*.d/ directories, you would see programs that start with S and K.
  • Programs starts with S are used during startup. S for startup.
  • Programs starts with K are used during shutdown. K for kill.
  • There are numbers right next to S and K in the program names. Those are the sequence number in which the programs should be started or killed.
  • For example, S12syslog is to start the syslog deamon, which has the sequence number of 12. S80sendmail is to start the sendmail daemon, which has the sequence number of 80. So, syslog program will be started before sendmail.

There you have it. That is what happens during the Linux boot process.

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  • Pushpraj February 7, 2011, 1:11 am

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  • BalaC February 7, 2011, 2:53 am

    @Ramesh: This is offtopic discussion. Could you write a article on ack. Thanks

  • shezars February 7, 2011, 4:02 am

    you are rock,,, lol
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  • Adam February 7, 2011, 4:20 am

    Great article 🙂
    You could also write few words about grub2 – configuration files for grub doesn’t work in grub2. (Tested in ubuntu)

  • Edward February 7, 2011, 4:30 am

    very very nice,

    tanx

  • Ajeya February 7, 2011, 4:58 am

    Hello Ramesh,

    It would have been better if if you could have explained more on each topic. Probably each high level boot process would need a separate page.

    This doc is good for begineers.

    Thanks,
    Ajeya Krishna K R

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  • jameslee February 7, 2011, 6:56 am

    Thank u…

  • Kuldeep February 7, 2011, 8:09 am

    very well explained !!!!!!!!
    Thanx alot…..

    plz explain GRUB in detail…….How to use GRUB command prompt at system startup ??

  • Kyle February 7, 2011, 11:02 am

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    Regards,
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  • Steeven Paul Y February 7, 2011, 10:04 pm

    I know the terms GRUB, KERNEL,INIT, MBR. But i do not know how they work together. Thanks to Ramesh Natarajan, for his blog and useful posts.

  • Lord February 8, 2011, 12:42 am

    Thank you RAMESH. this was so good…

  • analogtek February 8, 2011, 1:01 am

    The file that most would want is. The menu.list that is in the /boot/grub/ directory on my debian system. I often edit this file for a manual kernel update,time out,boot image change.

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    Short and Sweet

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    Really nice document for quick reference to Linux boot process!!!

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    Great article, thank you 🙂

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    Good one. Thanks.

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  • Pablo March 7, 2011, 10:16 am

    Great article Ramesh! But is not completely valid for Ubuntu, which use upstart. Nothing on /etc/inittab, for eg.

  • Sameer June 7, 2011, 7:07 am

    Good doc.
    Thanks

  • Verbila June 21, 2011, 5:44 pm

    Love this site, your explanations are excellent, and I like how you define terms and acronyms. Sometimes a man page can make my head spin – your site is the antidote to that – thanks!!

  • ethaqer July 4, 2011, 8:50 pm

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    thanks TGS

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    How many times did i ask myself how to find out order of linuxs’ start ?
    when this time i saw your blog via TSG, i see thoroughly.

    thanks a million

    Best Regards
    Robin Guo

  • Senthilkumar July 29, 2011, 12:38 am

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    really…….my total confuse remove after read this article.Thank you………….

  • Gregory October 7, 2011, 2:35 am

    Are you sure that “Depending on your default init level setting, the system will execute the programs from one of the following directories.” ?
    For example my system is running on level 3 but executes VERITAS init scripts from rc2.d during the boot as well.

  • Arun October 15, 2011, 8:13 am

    Very Nice.

  • rajesh October 20, 2011, 10:02 pm

    Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Enough detail and simple .
    Thanks very much

    Best regard,
    rajesh

  • ender October 21, 2011, 1:20 am

    good work fine to know how linux boot and the basic’s of the init run level’s only by ubuntu you have init s (single user) and init u (re run init) as extra

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    Excellent. keep it up..

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    HI this is very very useful information as interview point of view as well as for study how Linux boots. Great info Thank you very much Ramesh

  • Anuj April 12, 2012, 9:28 am

    Great and brief doc for Linux boot process. I truly liked it!!!

  • Ravi May 4, 2012, 11:05 pm

    Thanx

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  • Hughe September 10, 2012, 5:21 am

    You can bypass the first three stage using kexec program for fast boot. This saves time when you have to reboot a lot for tuning system or handling init script.

    Debian provides it as kexec-tools package.

    Find the kernel options:
    $ cat /proc/cmdline
    BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.4.0-10.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=07cf8c3a-d5a5-4b41-833f-16a9afebf70c ro quiet

    Add a kernel image:
    vmlinuz is the kernel image file I uses. If the kernel image uses initrd file, add –initrd option. Without it kernel will panic next boot.

    $ sudo kexec -l /vmlinuz –append=”root=UUID=07cf8c3a-d5a5-4b41-833f-16a9afebf70c
    ro quiet” –initrd=/initrd.img

    Or

    In my Linux box, boot partition is /dev/sda1
    $ sudo kexec -l /vmlinux –append=”root=/dev/sda1 ro quiet” –initrd=/initrd.img

    Start warm boot:
    $ sudo kexec -e

    Linux will boot up without going through BIOS, MBR, and Grub.

  • manoj sharma September 18, 2012, 9:14 am

    thanks

  • Guru Reddy September 24, 2012, 8:04 am

    Excellent.., and thank you a lot..,

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    very nice

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    Hi its excellent. Thanks.

  • Amaresh Samal November 13, 2012, 12:34 pm

    thanks friend…….

  • krish November 14, 2012, 2:11 pm

    what is 1st stage boot loader and what is 2nd stage boot loader ? kindly clear this point also.

  • Rajgopal H.G. November 19, 2012, 12:58 am

    I am working on Linux since decade. Some times I am unable explain the basic stuff like this. Thanks for explaining Ramesh Natarajan. Today onwards, I am the member of your fan club.

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    Thanks for this excellent article…………. 🙂

  • Purna December 18, 2012, 3:26 pm

    Hello,

    Description is good and very easy to understand, thanks for this.
    If possible please explain in detail about each and every config file or script, how is jumping from on script/config-file to another

    Anyways I am happy for this post.
    Thank you once more….

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    Thanks for this excellent article……

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    sir now i am using windows7 and linux in one computer.i dont want to use linux that have 250gb harddisk then how to boot(delete) a linux and how to plaace 250gb in windows7? Pls hlp me.

  • Aswathy February 25, 2013, 11:33 am

    Thanks Mr.Linux natarajan

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    Very Good Explanation.

    Thank you very much .

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    Hey,you explained all,excellent.Thanks

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    Great Man…..

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    its really useful.

  • googler April 22, 2013, 2:25 pm

    Oh yes .. this is what i am seeking for .. something simple and effective ..
    i don’t know why most people who talk about boot process and FHS love to make it
    very difficult…
    but you my friend .. u r brilliant .. this really easy and useful explanation ..
    thanks as enormous as the sky

  • shruti April 27, 2013, 1:18 am

    good explanation & easy to understand!!!

  • Anonymous May 4, 2013, 12:36 pm

    excellent, very well explained

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    Good article ….

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    awesome man, what a simply way to explain such a difficult process.,, thanks a lot,,keep going,,

  • Mitesh May 30, 2013, 3:22 am

    Really Nice Article…. learn much from this…
    Thanks

  • Ashokraj R May 30, 2013, 5:45 am

    Thank you

  • Akshay June 23, 2013, 12:05 pm

    Perfect article on Great topic.

  • Shams July 20, 2013, 1:19 pm

    Ramesh,

    Thanks a ton for your efforts to provide such a excellent information by keeping it simple.

    You rock man …… Keep it up…

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    Superb Article !!! Excellent explanation.

    Keep it on.

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    I got confused by studying the process in another sites however this one is very easy to understand and remember.

  • hariharasudhans August 28, 2013, 10:01 am

    i have littile bit confusion in bootprocessor .nw i clrd & esay to understand…
    good article of boot processor

  • Arun September 6, 2013, 12:26 am

    Thank you for simple, compact and clear explanation . . . 🙂

  • Pradeep September 14, 2013, 7:47 am

    Good,Easy to understand and very useful for starters……..:)

  • yang September 23, 2013, 7:33 pm

    good! the article is easy to understand,

  • Ramesh October 22, 2013, 10:42 am

    very nice , thanks

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    Thanks for such a nice explanation…..
    This article has cleared my all doubts.

  • montana November 13, 2013, 12:01 am

    Simple and Powerful.
    Thanks.

  • Mehbub November 19, 2013, 5:16 am

    Thanx a lot for ur great explanations buddy……………………..suprm performance
    nw i hv nt any confusn

  • Pradeep December 13, 2013, 5:14 am

    Good work, Thanks

  • mohammed tousif December 13, 2013, 7:40 am

    excellent

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    Thanks bro … It is realy excellent and easy to understand

  • nisha December 27, 2013, 11:34 pm

    Thanks for sharing …good article to understand linux boot up process…………………

  • Narender January 14, 2014, 11:43 pm

    that is why lappy takes so much time for startup, actually this guy is busy in doing this or that, offcourse useful.

  • Srikanth January 30, 2014, 4:49 am

    Thanks a lot. very nice….

  • viji February 3, 2014, 4:32 am

    Thanks much

  • Satheesh Kumar G February 17, 2014, 12:17 am

    Hi Ramesh,

    This is the best explanation i’ve seen so far.

    ThnQ very much,…

  • Choperro February 28, 2014, 12:11 am

    The role of initrd is not clear at all.
    What does it contain?
    Where does it come from?
    When and how is it used?

    Also the possibilities and methods to configure each step and its pieces are not
    clear at all. We can change boot device (interactively or not), we can change the kernel (interactively or not), we can change the boot menu and give orders to grub….. can we change initrd? how? what for? and the init proces? inittab seems to be deprecated in Debian…..

  • Choperro February 28, 2014, 1:43 am

    “Programs starts with S are used during startup. S for startup.
    Programs starts with K are used during shutdown. K for kill.”

    or

    The S set are the programs that are started when we enter in that runlevel and K is the set of programs that are killed when we enter in that runlevel?

  • Harshit Shrivastava March 12, 2014, 3:56 am

    Awesome Tutorial. Linux Boot Process Cleared Very Well.

  • Gurpreet Singh March 14, 2014, 6:15 am

    Excellent Tutorial

  • Spatik March 26, 2014, 10:18 pm

    Nice and well explained, thank you so much.

  • Syam April 11, 2014, 12:16 am

    good one 🙂 great

  • Damodhar Taklakar April 18, 2014, 6:34 am

    Very well explained….! 🙂

  • venkateswara reddy June 23, 2014, 1:58 am

    i’m learning linux admin so any sugences pls give me and any learning text books and any meteriles

  • priya July 2, 2014, 1:59 am

    excellent… very well explained

  • Rod Nussbaumer July 3, 2014, 9:41 am

    The information here all seems correct, however I think you do a disservice to the reader not to mention that this is just one of many different ways to load Linux on a PC architecture. Other architectures use other methods, and there are other methods available on a PC architecture, and the version and configuration of the Linux kernel itself affects the boot process.

  • Hal August 5, 2014, 3:08 pm

    Thank you for a very clear presentation. I have one small comment, I went looking for the meaning of “MBR” and “initrd” before reading on to find you gave them later. May I suggest an expansion of the acronym in brackets immediately after the acronym. Thank you again very well done.

  • Ancklesh August 30, 2014, 9:16 pm

    thanks soo much 🙂

  • Joyneel September 9, 2014, 11:21 am

    The best consize and apt explanation i have read so far

  • Suresh October 7, 2014, 12:29 pm

    Very well explained. But latest Ubuntu version 14.04 has some changes with respect to above explanation.

  • ashish yadav October 16, 2014, 5:48 am

    very nice …… so helpful.

  • Ashutosh October 31, 2014, 4:11 pm

    you are awesome!

  • dxman November 7, 2014, 2:51 am

    Excellent Article Admin – you simplify the words
    TFS

  • Alexlee joana December 8, 2014, 12:42 am

    Thanks your good article.
    But linux Os (like Cent Os 7) dosen’t have grub.conf.
    Please explaing the reason.
    Sorry. I am beginner of Linux!
    Thanks your favor!
    Help me!

  • jitendra khasdev January 29, 2015, 12:52 pm

    MBR is a bootloader ?

  • nidhi sardeshpande February 4, 2015, 5:33 am

    wow!i got too much information which was actually new for me. thank you sooo much.

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    nice experience, nice information, thank you so much.

  • Raj Somwanshi May 24, 2015, 1:03 am

    Good one ……Thanks

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    Nice and well explained, thanks a lot ..:)

  • fayaz July 17, 2015, 3:15 am

    great one. it has given a simple procedure and best among all..

  • mike r July 30, 2015, 8:03 am

    good explanation, also some newer linux kernels dont use init, only systemd

  • Prashanth August 4, 2015, 10:09 am

    Thankyou Ramesh. That was so simply explained 🙂 !

  • Vinay September 13, 2015, 11:24 pm

    How to change the runlevel if it is set to 0 or 6.

  • Anusha November 20, 2015, 12:23 am

    Good one… Thanks

  • Rajasekhat December 9, 2015, 2:17 am

    Really good article on Linux boot process.

  • Sunil January 11, 2016, 2:38 pm

    Excellent explaination……

  • Parvathy January 27, 2016, 7:29 am

    Nice,Thanks !

  • ankit February 19, 2016, 2:24 pm

    Ultimate…thanks for sharing the transparency, simplicity and purity of Linux with such a simple Techincal Laguage

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    Good One Usefull…. Thank you

  • Nisha March 29, 2016, 4:32 am

    Hai It was awesome to read this. Thanks for your article.

  • Anonymous April 12, 2016, 12:16 am

    It is really very useful
    Thank you
    Mahesh

  • nithya May 9, 2016, 4:22 am

    Superb article.. its very useful to me…. thank u so much

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    Great article

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    doing great bro keep it up

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    Great article with vast information in short

  • sachin December 22, 2016, 3:14 am

    Thanx

  • vilas Bhumare December 23, 2016, 1:06 am

    Nice piece of information

    Thanks a lot

  • Saurabh Aditya December 28, 2016, 3:12 pm

    Thanks Bro,
    Easy to understand amazingly explained.

  • Jide January 8, 2017, 5:57 am

    Thanks for sharing
    Appreciate it ✌.

  • Pal January 11, 2017, 9:28 pm

    Micro article.

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    well explained . nice article. 🙂

  • Anonymous April 24, 2017, 6:19 am

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  • Dang Tan Hoa May 4, 2017, 4:03 am

    Great article.
    Thank you!

  • Jay June 27, 2017, 7:44 am

    Awesome article with easy to understand explanation.’

    A bit outdated though; would be good if you would keep the article updated.

    Great historical reference, nevertheless.

  • Rehana B March 13, 2019, 12:54 am

    very helpful !!!! Thanks alot 🙂

  • Sriravali Vallem March 25, 2019, 7:58 am

    Well explanation..thank you so much