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Once you have pressed "Enter" at the prompt, the system will begin to load. First, if you didn't
disable this option, the map for your keyboard will be loaded. You just have to choose the best
one for you.
Next, the kernel will continue to load, and there will be many boot scripts that are run. The hardware
configuration will be autodetected. For example, all kernel modules required for an USB mouse will be
loaded automatically. And you will get a shell prompt. You have several linux consoles available.
You can change between them by pressing Alt+F1 for the first one, Alt+F2 for the second, ...
2004-08-17