NAME
boot — bootstrap process
DESCRIPTION
The Series 700 and 800 bootstrap process involves
the execution of three software components:
After the processor is
RESET,
pdc,
the
processor-dependent code
(firmware), performs a self-test and initializes the processor.
It then loads and transfers control to
isl,
the operating-system-independent
initial system loader.
isl,
in turn, loads and transfers control to the
hpux
utility, the
HP-UX-specific
bootstrap loader.
hpux
then downloads the
HP-UX
kernel object file from an
HP-UX
file system and transfers control to the loaded kernel image.
