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How Linux boot UP without /boot?

I have Centos VM on VMware Workstation. I commented the /boot entry in the /etc/fstab for testing purposes. But I found that the system gets boot UP with unmounted /boot file system. How the system ...
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cant install any package on ubuntu Linux

root@osboxes:~# apt install gcc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done gcc is already the newest version (4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2). 0 upgraded, 0 ...
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How are these people able to build their own Linux distro from scratch? [closed]

I have greedy of building my own Linux distro as such like Ubuntu, Mint or Fedora. I went through Google to know better of how they are made, but unfortunately I was so unlucky. I found "Linux from ...
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installing linux without any packages

I am programming a OS based on Linux but I want to "re-invent the wheel" in this OS just as an achievement. I have been told that Linux can be installed on a PC without any packages (obviously causing ...
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How to set Linux processor affinity to single core?

How can I set processor affinity in Linux machine (Fedora) that user duel core Intel(any) CPU? I want the other core to shut down. Thanks
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Kernel and User mode distinguishing

Who is responsible for determining that the process is in the Kernel mode or User mode? I know kernel knows which process is belong to what space, but how the CPU determines that? I mean should CPU be ...
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