Boot

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxboot/ [short] reference for linux boot process

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/kernel-boot-process 3rd article – explains how linux kernel boots

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/how-computers-boot-up 2nd article, the 1st is at http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/motherboard-chipsets-memory-map

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7995848646.html article explains a few things and post sample code that shows how to instrument x86 boot process

http://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=66:5046 Problem between MB Bios and LSI20320 BIOS