The Microsoft Interactive TV System: An Experience Report

10. Set-Top Box Boot Sequence. Set-top boxes boot as follows. First, a small boot loader in EPROM is run. This decompresses a boot image also in the ROM and jumps to its entry point. The ROM boot image contains the MMOSA kernel, the network protocol stack and drivers, and a network boot program. The network boot program sends a DHCP request. ................
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