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== List of bootloaders == | == List of bootloaders == | ||
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| − | + | ! Bootloaders !! x86 (IA32) !! ARM / XScale !! MIPS !! PowerPC !! SuperH || remarks | |
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| − | + | ! [[U-Boot]] | |
| + | | no || yes || yes || yes || yes || | ||
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| + | ! [[RedBoot]] | ||
| + | | yes || yes || yes || yes || yes || | ||
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| + | ! [[Lilo]] | ||
| + | | yes || - || - || - || - || | ||
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| + | ! [[Grub]] | ||
| + | | yes || - || - || yes || - || | ||
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| + | ! [[Syslinux]] | ||
| + | | yes || - || - || - || - || | ||
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| + | ! [http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot coreboot], formerly known as LinuxBIOS | ||
| + | | yes || - || - || - || - || Conference talk by Peter Stuge at Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2008, [http://free-electrons.com/pub/video/2008/elce/nluug-fall2008-stuge-coreboot.ogv video] | ||
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| + | ! [[APEX]] | ||
| + | | - || yes || - || - || - || | ||
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| + | ! [[Blob]] | ||
| + | | - || yes || - || - || - || | ||
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| + | ! [http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/YAMON YAMON] | ||
| + | | - || - || yes || - || - || | ||
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| + | ! [Yaboot] | ||
| + | | - || - || - || ye || - || | ||
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| − | + | A dash '-' means: '''not researched...''' | |
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| − | + | A lot more exhaustive list is available at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_boot_loaders Wikipedia] | |
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[[Bootloader_Security_Resources]] | [[Bootloader_Security_Resources]] | ||
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[[Category:Bootloaders]] | [[Category:Bootloaders]] | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 13 April 2009
Briefly, a bootloader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel software (such as the Hurd or the Linux). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the operating system (e.g. GNU).
List of bootloaders
| Bootloaders | x86 (IA32) | ARM / XScale | MIPS | PowerPC | SuperH | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-Boot | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| RedBoot | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Lilo | yes | - | - | - | - | |
| Grub | yes | - | - | yes | - | |
| Syslinux | yes | - | - | - | - | |
| coreboot, formerly known as LinuxBIOS | yes | - | - | - | - | Conference talk by Peter Stuge at Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2008, video |
| APEX | - | yes | - | - | - | |
| Blob | - | yes | - | - | - | |
| YAMON | - | - | yes | - | - | |
| [Yaboot] | - | - | - | ye | - |
A dash '-' means: not researched...
A lot more exhaustive list is available at Wikipedia
