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Boot device + IPL
A bootable device normally contains
a device specific boot program
at a fixed location
which may select kernels from the device,
and may work interactively,
and may pass options to a kernel.
Notes:
Each bootable device normally comes
with a device-specific loader, which
may be at a fixed location on the
device.
The loader is usually able to select
a bootable kernel from any partition
on the device, and then to load this
kernel, perhaps passing options to it.
The loader may be able to interact with
a person, or it may run automatically.