How RH Linux Boots :: HARDWARE BASE CARTOON

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                           |  video  |
                           | adaptor |
                           -----------
                    | |         ||
                    | |     AGP ||          -------
   ---------        | |         ||          | NIC |
   |  CPU  |========| |      ----------     -------
   ---------        |S|      |  PCI   |       ||        PCI bus
                    |Y|======| North  |===============================
   -------------    |S|      | Bridge |       ||         ||
   | Boot PROM |====|T|      ----------       ||      ----------   ---------
   -------------    |E|         ||            ||      | serial |---| modem |
                    |M|      ----------       ||      |  port  |   ---------
   ---------------  | |      |  main  |       ||      ----------
   | FLASH memory|==| |      | memory |       ||
   ---------------  | |      ----------       ||
                    |B|                    --------      SCSI bus
                    |U|                    | SCSI |===================
                    |S|                    --------
                    | |
                    | |     -----------
    -------------   | |=====|  IDE    |==============================
    | keyboard  |   | |     -----------     |     |       |     |
    -------------   | |                   HD    CDROM    HD    ZIP
        |           | |
     ----------     | |               --------------
     | mouse  |     | |               |  floppy    |
     ----------     | |===============|   disk     |=========
        |           | |               | controller |
        |           | |               --------------
        |           | |   --------------
        |           | |===| general    |
        |           | |   |  purpose   |----    serial & parallel ports
        |                 | peripheral |        (plus others)
        +-----------------| interface  |
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