Knowledge: boot managers
See Also:
- computers → software → disk management → partition
- computers → software → operating systems → linux → hardware support → booting
Links
- Extended Operating System Loader (XOSL)
http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/ - Archive of a project to create a graphical boot loader. Includes manual, FAQ and source code.
- Extended-IPL
http://www.tsden.org/ryutaroh/extipl/extipl.html - OS boot selector. It can boot 2nd, 3rd or 4th hard disk and from an extended partition.
- GAG - Graphical Boot Manager
http://gag.sourceforge.net/ - An open source graphical boot manager which supports up to 9 operating systems. Screen shots, version history and download.
- MasterBooter
http://www.masterbooter.com/ - Boot manager which can be used to install and maintain operating systems on a PC. Supports many operating systems. Shareware and registered versions available.
- MATTsoft Boot Manager: MBTMGR
http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/mbtmgr/ - Boots multiple OSs, including several on one FAT partition. Download, installation documents.
- Netboot
http://netboot.sourceforge.net/ - Includes boot manager functionality and boots Linux, DOS and FreeBSD via a TCP/IP network using BOOTP and TFTP.
- OSL2000
http://www.osloader.com - A universal boot manager allowing selection from a number of operating systems. Includes support for booting from USB, CDROM and other devices.
- SOLO: Shag/Os LOader
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~shaggy/software.html#SOLO - Boot loader for Shag/OS which also supports, Linux and other PC operating systems. Includes source.
- zBoot Manager
http://www.zbmsoft.com - An effective boot manager, which allows the easy install and use of multiple operating systems on a single hard drive. Directly install other OSs to extended partitions and logic drivers.
- SyMon
http://symon.ru/usr/eng/about.shtml - Boot manager with support of up to 36 primary partitions,
- Multi-booting Solaris and Other Operating Systems
http://multiboot.solaris-x86.org/ - Describes installing Solaris on a PC with other OSs, and joint use of Solaris boot manager and other boot loaders.
- SysLinux
http://syslinux.zytor.com/ - Home of SysLinux (floppy), PXELinux (network), ISOLinux (CD-ROM), ExtLinux (ext2/3) utilities to boot Linux kernel; MemDisk, tool to boot legacy OSs (e.g., DOS) from nontraditional media.
- Gujin Boot/Linux/System Loader
http://gujin.sourceforge.net/ - For PCs, analyzes filesystems, supports Linux kernel and chainboot.
- Multiboot Specification
http://www.xtrj.org/china-ukernel/l4/multiboot-english.pdf - Specifies interface between boot loader and OS, so any complying boot loader should be able to load any complying OS.
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