The program contained in boot block, that loads kernel into memory is called

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• The kernel itself is a program that usually lives in the root partition of the UNIX filesystem. Most Linux distributions call it           and it often a symbolic link to the real kernel file which lives in “/boot”.
• A popular boot loader used by most Linux distributions to boot Linux is called
• After the kernel is brought in from disk into main memory, it begins execution and one of the first things it does is …………
• The first program the kernel attempts to execute after basic system initialization is complete is called                        
• Program such as Shell and editors interact with kernel by invoking ……….
• The actual program which the Linux kernel executes as the init process can be specified via the command line parameter.
• Which of the following is used to write disk block images from memory to disk
• Which file contains the filesystems to be automatically mounted during boot?
• LILO can also be used to boot other operating systems as well such as ……..
• Other boot loaders which can be used to load Linux exist: