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              CPU
               |
               V
   ----------BIOS---------
  /             |         \
  V             |         |
Hard Disk       V         V
CD-ROM  <(2) Floppy (2)> PXE (4)
USB             |         |
 V          (3) V        /
  \             /       /
    Boot Sector        /
          \           /
           V         V
          - Boot loader -
         /               \
Frugal/Uncommon(1):  Installed: load
     Kernel+rootfs   Kernel only
        |                |
        V                |
    Run /init            V 
        |            Mount root
        V            filesystem  
    Create tmpfs         |
      /    |    \        |
     V     |     V       |
  Loram:   | Uncommon(1) V
Mount aufs | run script  |
& squashfs | or driver + |
    |      | mount root  |
     \     |     /       |
      V    V    V        |
 Switch to new root     /
         \             /
          \           /
           \         /
            V       V    
          Run /sbin/init
                 |
                 V
          Run /etc/init.d/rcS

(1) Uncommon is LVM, RAID, crypto, loop or subdir mount with preinit rootfs,
    see http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:uncommoninst
(2) Versatile boot floppy - http://mirror.slitaz.org/boot/floppy-grub4dos
(3) Boot floppy set - http://mirror.slitaz.org/floppies/
(4) LAN PXE or WEB boot, see http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:pxe