Chapter 10Booting Linux
When you turn on the power to your Linux system, it triggers a series of events that eventually leads to a login prompt. Normally, you don't worry about what happens behind the scenes of those events; you just log in and start using your applications and services.
However, there may be times when your Linux system doesn't start quite correctly, or perhaps an application that you expected to be running isn't. In those cases, it helps to have a basic understanding of just how Linux loads the operating system and starts programs so you can troubleshoot the problem.
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