The OpenBoot firmware controls the operation of the system before the operating system is loaded. Which four tasks are directly controlled by the OpenBoot firmware?

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Options

• Aprovides a list of boot entries from which to choose
• Ballows hardware to identify itself and load its own plug-in device driver
• Cloads the boot loader from the configured boot device
• Dperforms basic hardware testing
• EInstalls the console
• Freads and executes the boot archive
• Gextract and executes the kernel image

• A
  76% (41)
• E
  15% (8)
• F
  4% (2)
• G
  6% (3)

Explanation

OpenBoot firmware is executed immediately after you turn on your system. The primary tasks of OpenBoot firmware are to: * Test and initialize the system hardware (D) * Determine the hardware configuration (D) *Boot the operating system from either a mass storage device or from a network *Provide interactive debugging facilities for testing hardware and software Some notable features of OpenBoot firmware. * Plug-in Device Drivers (B) Most common tasks that you perform using OpenBoot * Booting Your System The most important function of OpenBoot firmware is to boot the system. Note: If auto-boot is true, the system will boot from either the default boot device or from the diagnostic boot device depending on whether OpenBoot is in diagnostic mode. (C)

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