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En español [[botaje]].
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{{delete|out of date}} [[User:WPSchulz|WPSchulz]] ([[User talk:WPSchulz|talk]]) 07:10, 16 March 2016 (EDT)
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=Introduction=
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In computing, [[booting]] is a process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system.  The origin of the word may be from the wild west in America. The image of a cowboy pulling himself up by his [[booting | bootstraps]] after a long night drinking is the usual idea.  You may also hear [[booting]] refered to as [[booting |bootstrapping]] for this very reason.  The computer is trying to pull itself up by its [[booting | bootstraps]].
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Gnoppix during the booting shows the [[syslinux bootprompt]]:
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boot>
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At the [[syslinux bootprompt]], a user can type one or more [[Cheat Codes]].  The additional [[Cheat Codes|codes]] alter the default boot sequence.  After the [[Cheat Codes]] are entered the Enter key is used to start the [[booting|bootstrapping]] process.  If the default options are OK, then the user can press Enter without typing [[Cheat Codes]].  For example, the default keyboard in the German version of [[knoppix]] is great for German speaking individuals.  This person would hit the Enter key to take the defaults and starte [[knoppix]].  Howwever, an English speaking person would type
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at the boot prompt.
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See : [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/booting booting on Wikipedia]
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=Different methods of boot=
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->here we describe methods that can boot knoppix as it was on cd (iso or cloop(KNOPPIX))
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==why not booting the usual way:==
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->some people do not have the cd writer
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->some people do not have a dvd writer and want to use the dvd-image
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->faster on hdd(the hdd is normaly faster than a cd/dvd drive)
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->some computers do not have a cd-rom/dvd-rom drive
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->consume less power on laptops(hdd consume less than cd)
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===limits:===
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as it boots from hd... there are several issues with:
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->partitioning
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->fsck of the partition where reside the knoppix image
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->security reasons (booting from cd can be prevented by the bios but here if you can boot from hd you can boot knoppix)
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==CD/dvd based bootloader==
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->use the cd in order to boot an iso image
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==Hdd based boot loader==
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->boot from the hd
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===On Linux system===
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this method is caled "linux" because it needs
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->grub,lilo or another linux bootloader installed
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->a filesystem readeable by grub/lilo/others (ext2/reiserfs...)
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====Grub====
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====Lilo====
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====Others boot loaders====
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==Others boot methods==
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===Pxe===
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[[KNOPPIX_Terminal_Server]]
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===floppy===
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->works by storing the boot loader on a floppy
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[[Category:Booting|*]]
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