Bootloader

A bootloader is a program that will load bootable items when the system is started.

Depending on the architecture of the machine, several bootloaders are available:


 * GRUB - Also known as GRUB Legacy.
 * GRUB2 - Reworked version of GRUB. Gentoo's default bootloader on and.
 * syslinux - A collection of simple bootloaders for various purposes.
 * lilo - A simple boot loader with some advantages over GRUB and GRUB2.
 * EFI stub kernel - Using the (U)EFI firmware to function as bootloader.