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| author | Timothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-01-15 03:31:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Timothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-01-15 03:31:13 +0000 |
| commit | 3c09bf8ae3ea22524420630bbdc11db12a283e3c (patch) | |
| tree | c892d59a77a1f08c159503d92904be034713a6bf /appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml | |
| parent | e397c3ada5bbef0281414709fa1952a2ce07c44d (diff) | |
Converted kernel page to new format.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2323 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eb92d15c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/appendixa/kernel-shortdesc.xml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +<sect2><title>Contents of Linux</title> + +<para>Last checked against version &kernel-contversion;.</para> + +<para>The Linux kernel is at the core of every Linux system. It's what makes +Linux tick. When a computer is turned on and boots a Linux system, the +very first piece of Linux software that gets loaded is the kernel. The +kernel initializes the system's hardware components: serial ports, parallel +ports, sound cards, network cards, IDE controllers, SCSI controllers and a +lot more. In a nutshell the kernel makes the hardware available so that the +software can run.</para> + +<para>Linux installs the following files:</para> + +<sect3><title>Program Files</title> +<para>kernel and kernel headers</para></sect3> + +</sect2> |