Booting process of SPARC machine

Boot PROM :
1. The PROM displays system identification information and then
runs self-test diagnostics to verify the system's hardware and
memory.

2. Then, the PROM loads the primary boot program, bootblk,

whose purpose is to load the secondary boot program (that is located
in the ufs file system) from the default boot device.

Boot Programs

3. The bootblk program finds and executes the secondary boot

program, ufsboot, and loads it into memory.

4. After the ufsboot program is loaded, the ufsboot program

loads the kernel.

Kernel Initialization
5. The kernel initializes itself and begins loading modules by using
ufsboot to read the files. When the kernel has loaded enough
modules to mount the root (/) file system, the kernel unmaps the
ufsboot program and continues, using its own resources.

6. The kernel creates a user process and starts the /sbin/init

process, which starts other processes by reading the /etc/inittab
file.

INIT
7. The /sbin/init process starts the run control (rc) scripts, which
execute a series of other scripts. These scripts (/sbin/rc*) check and
mount file systems, start various processes, and perform system
maintenance tasks.