What exactly does it take to boot Linux?

From: David (blixel_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/25/04

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    Date: 24 Mar 2004 23:05:48 -0800

    I was just sitting here (bored) and I started to wonder what exactly
    does it take to make Linux boot? In my earliest MS-DOS days, I
    remember all I had to do was fdisk, format, and "sys c:". Granted the
    system couldn't do anything useful, but it would in fact boot. And
    from that point I could install programs or whatever.

    So what would it take to get Linux to boot off the hard-drive if I
    were to boot from a floppy, or from a Knoppix CD? fdisk, mkfs,
    copying over a kernel image, /sbin/init, a command shell, a getty,
    lilo'ing the MBR, and...?

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