After studying this unit, you will be able to
• Understand the booting process
• Understand the installation process of Linux
• Understand the partitioning of hard drives
• Understand the file system types
• Understand how to log in the system
Introduction: An operating system (OS) is a system software that manages computer
hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Booting is a
bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system. A
boot sequence is the set of operations the computer performs when it is switched on that load an
operating system.