Modes for Booting the OS
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8/27/2008
A target device has two basic methods of booting the operating system:
- Boot with a boot loader
A boot loader is installed at the reset vector and is launched when the device is powered up. - Boot without a boot loader
Only the run-time image is installed and launched after the device starts.