Sunday 26 February 2012

System Generation (SYSGEN)


  • Operating systems are designed to run on any of a class of machines; the system must be configured for each specific computer site.
  • SYSGEN program obtains information concerning the specific configuration of the hardware system.
  • Booting – starting a computer by loading the kernel.
  • Bootstrap program – code stored in ROM that is able to locate the kernel, load it into memory, and start its execution.

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