Difference between revisions of "Bootloader"
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| + | A bootloader is a small application that is first run when a computing device is powered on. the primary purpose of a bootloader is to initialize the hardware i/o enough so that the core of an operating system may be loaded and executed. | ||
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| + | some example bootloaders are: | ||
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X86: | X86: | ||
* Lilo | * Lilo | ||
* Grub | * Grub | ||
* Syslinux | * Syslinux | ||
| + | * U-Boot | ||
ARM: | ARM: | ||
* [[APEX]] | * [[APEX]] | ||
| − | * | + | * Blob |
| + | * U-Boot | ||
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| + | MIPS: | ||
| + | * U-Boot | ||
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| + | PowerPC: | ||
| + | * U-Boot | ||
[[Bootloader_Security_Resources]] | [[Bootloader_Security_Resources]] | ||
[[Category:Bootloaders]] | [[Category:Bootloaders]] | ||
Revision as of 00:37, 13 September 2007
A bootloader is a small application that is first run when a computing device is powered on. the primary purpose of a bootloader is to initialize the hardware i/o enough so that the core of an operating system may be loaded and executed.
some example bootloaders are:
X86:
- Lilo
- Grub
- Syslinux
- U-Boot
ARM:
- APEX
- Blob
- U-Boot
MIPS:
- U-Boot
PowerPC:
- U-Boot
