The invention discloses a method for starting a Linux kernel and a file system by embedded equipment. The method comprises the following steps: starting a boot loader program; reading the mirror imagefile from the Nand Flash fixed area into a random access memory, and verifying the correctness of the mirror image file read into the random access memory based on an ECC algorithm; if the verification file is correct, sequentially starting the Linux kernel and the file system; if the verification file has an error, erasing a Nand Flash region where the file with the error is located, and loadinga Linux kernel mirror image file or a file system mirror image file stored at a far end into a random access memory of the embedded equipment; obtaining a file stored and loaded at a far end, and writing the file into a specified Nand Flash storage partition; and sequentially starting the read files. The Linux kernel mirror image and the file system are loaded and started by using a local mode and a remote mode, and corresponding files can be automatically and remotely loaded when the files stored in the local NandFlash are damaged, so that the system starting stability is improved, and the consumption of local storage resources is reduced.