Table 18-1 summarizes the differences in the boot sequence between the SunOS release 4 and the Solaris 7 operating environment.
Table 18-1 Summary of Boot Differences
SSunOS Release 4unOS release 4 |
Solaris 7 |
Description |
---|---|---|
bootblk |
Loads ufsboot from disk |
|
ufsboot |
Loads unix from disk |
|
unix |
Bootable kernel image |
|
inetboot |
Mounts and copies unix from network |
|
/etc/rcS |
Mounts /usr and checks file systems |
|
/etc/rc2, /etc/rc3, /etc/rc2.d, /etc/rc3.d |
System configuration scripts |
|
modload, /etc/system, add_drv, rem_drv |
Customizes system kernel; loads, adds, and removes modules as needed |
|
PROM monitor, single user, multiuser |
Run states 0 - 6, and S |