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If you ever wondered what exactly happens when booting Linux, bootchart is the right tool for you.

Install it with the package manager of your distribution, for example apt-get install bootchart on Ubuntu. Next time starting your computer the boot process should be logged by bootchart automatically. Depending on the boot loader and distribution ...

Yesterday I somehow destroyed my multi-boot setup and overwrote the default grub2 (set up by Ubuntu 10.04) by accidentally installing grub while setting up a new Fedora 13. Fedora was installed on the logical partition /dev/sda6. Fedora also installed grub version 1.x there and overwrote the MBR to boot into it.

The computer automatically booted ...