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Comparison of boot loaders

Index Comparison of boot loaders

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available boot loaders. [1]

16 relations: Barebox, Booting, Bootmanager, Common Firmware Environment, Comparison of boot loaders, Das U-Boot, GNU GRUB, Gummiboot (software), LILO (boot loader), Multi-booting, NTLDR, Partition type, Plop, RedBoot, SYSLINUX, Yaboot.

Barebox

Barebox is an open source, primary boot loader used in embedded devices.

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Booting

In computing, booting is starting up a computer or computer appliance until it can be used.

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Bootmanager

BootManager, formerly known as BootMan, is the Haiku and BeOS boot loader on x86 systems.

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Common Firmware Environment

Common Firmware Environment (CFE), pronounced as 'cafe', is a firmware interface and bootloader developed by Broadcom for 32-bit and 64-bit system-on-a-chip (SOC) systems.

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Comparison of boot loaders

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available boot loaders.

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Das U-Boot

Das U-Boot (subtitled "the Universal Boot Loader" and often shortened to U-Boot) is an open source, primary boot loader used in embedded devices to package the instructions to boot the device's operating system kernel.

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GNU GRUB

GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project.

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Gummiboot (software)

gummiboot is an open-source boot manager, now the systemd-boot component of systemd.

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LILO (boot loader)

LILO (Linux Loader) is a boot loader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions in the years after the popularity of loadlin.

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Multi-booting

Multi-booting is the act of installing multiple operating systems on a computer, and being able to choose which one to boot.

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NTLDR

NTLDR (abbreviation of NT loader) is the boot loader for all releases of Windows NT operating system up to and including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

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Partition type

The partition type (or partition ID) in a partition's entry in the partition table inside a master boot record (MBR) is a byte value intended to specify the file system the partition contains and/or to flag special access methods used to access these partitions (f.e. special CHS mappings, LBA access, logical mapped geometries, special driver access, hidden partitions, secured or encrypted file systems, etc.).

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Plop

Plop may refer to.

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RedBoot

RedBoot (an acronym for Red Hat Embedded Debug and Bootstrap firmware) is an open source application that uses the eCos real-time operating system Hardware Abstraction Layer to provide bootstrap firmware for embedded systems.

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SYSLINUX

The SYSLINUX Project is a suite of lightweight master boot record (MBR) boot loaders for starting up IBM PC compatible computers with the Linux kernel.

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Yaboot

Yaboot is a boot loader for PowerPC-based hardware running Linux, particularly New World ROM Macintosh systems.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders

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