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                      CPU
                       |
                       V
   +------------------BIOS----------------+
   |             |            |           |
   V             V            V           V
 Floppy      Hard Disk    Versatile      PXE (4)
 set (3)    DVD/CD-ROM <- Floppy (2) -->  or
   |            USB                    WEB boot
   V             V                        |
   +-------------+                        |
          |                               |
          V                               V
     Boot Sector                          |
          |                               |
          +-------------------------------+
                           |
                           V
             +------- Boot loader --------+
             |                            |
             V                            V
     Frugal/Uncommon(1):              Installed:
    load Kernel+initramfs          load Kernel only
             |                            |
             V                            V
         Run /init -----------+           |
             |                |       Mount root
             V                |       filesystem  
     Create tmpfs             |           |
    |            |            |           |
    V            V            V           V
  Loram:       Frugal:    Uncommon(1):    | 
Mount aufs    populate    run script      |
& squashfs     tmpfs    load modules(s)   |
    |            |        mount root      |
    |            |            |           |
    +------------+------------+           |
                 |                        |
                 V                        V
         Switch to new root               |
                 |                        |
                 +------------------------+
                              |
                              V
                       Run /sbin/init
                              |
                              V
                     Run /etc/init.d/rcS
                      from /etc/inittab

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