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2. SYSLINUX - Wikipedia

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   The SYSLINUX bootloader can be used to boot multiple distributions from a single source such as a USB stick. A minor complication is involved when booting from compact discs. The El Torito standard allows booting in two different modes: No emulation – Requires storing the boot information directly on the CD. ISOLINUX is suitable for this mode.

3. Boot sector - Wikipedia

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   A boot sector is the sector of a persistent data storage device (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, optical disc, etc.) which contains machine code to be loaded into random-access memory (RAM) and then executed by a computer system 's built-in firmware (e.g., the BIOS ). Usually, the first sector of the hard disk is the boot sector, regardless of ...

4. Boot File System - Wikipedia

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   Boot File System. The Boot File System (named BFS on Linux, but BFS also refers to the Be File System) was used on UnixWare to store files necessary to its boot process. [1] It does not support directories, and only allows contiguous allocation for files, to make it simpler to be used by the boot loader.

5. Darwin (operating system) - Wikipedia

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   e. Darwin is the core Unix operating system of macOS (previously OS X and Mac OS X), iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, FreeBSD, [3] other BSD operating systems, [6] Mach, and ...

6. Boot image - Wikipedia

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   A boot image is a type of disk image (a computer file containing the complete contents and structure of a storage medium). When it is transferred onto a boot device it allows the associated hardware to boot. The boot image usually includes the operating system, utilities and diagnostics, as well as boot and data recovery information. It also ...

7. Disk Utility - Wikipedia

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   The functions currently supported by Disk Utility include: [1] Creation, conversion, backup, compression, and encryption of logical volume images from a wide range of formats read by Disk Utility to .dmg or, for CD/DVD images, .cdr. Mounting, unmounting and ejecting disk volumes (including both hard disks, removable media, and disk volume ...

8. MAC address - Wikipedia

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   A MAC address (short for medium access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. This use is common in most IEEE 802 networking technologies, including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Within the Open Systems Interconnection ...

9. Mac OS X Tiger - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Mac OS X Tiger (version 10.4) is the 5th major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Mac computers. Tiger was released to the public on April 29, 2005 for US$ 129.95 as the successor to Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Included features were a fast searching system called Spotlight, a new version of the Safari web ...