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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 key                  WEB boot
   V             V                        |
   +-------------+         +--------------+
          |                V              |
          V         PXE forwarder (5)     V
     Boot Sector           |              |
          |                V              |
          +-------------------------------+
                           |
                           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                  |                    |
 Tiny                V                    V
SliTaz       Switch to new root           |
  (6)                |                    |
   +-----------------+--------------------+
                              |
                              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
5. gpxe.pxe, see http://doc.slitaz.org/en:guides:pxe#advanced-web-booting-configuration
6. see http://tiny.slitaz.org/