One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

Details from @ahull on the Arduino forum on how its possible to install and use the Maple bootloader on a generic STM32 board (one that doesn't have the Maple USB reset hardware) on Linux (Apologies ...

The Stage 1 of Bootloader is a 512 bytes code located at the first sector of boot device. The BIOS on startup loads this sector starting at memory address 7C00:0000 and starts executing the code in 16 ...

Operating system maintainers, computer manufacturers, security and virtualization software vendors have worked together over the past few months to coordinate a unified response to a vulnerability ...

You might have heard about this old adage - "boot access==root access". It is indeed true! Any one who can access the boot loader can easily get the root access to ...

Chinese companies have released a number of tiny devices designed to let you run Android apps on your TV over the past year or two. Some of the best models feature Rockchip RK3188 ARM Cortex-A9 ...