Bootloader

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

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


 * EFI stub kernel &mdash; Using the (U)EFI firmware to function as bootloader.
 * GRUB &mdash; Also known as GRUB Legacy.
 * GRUB2 &mdash; Reworked version of GRUB. Gentoo's default bootloader on and.
 * LILO &mdash; A simple boot loader with some advantages over GRUB and GRUB2.
 * rEFInd &mdash; A boot manager for EFI and UEFI platforms
 * syslinux &mdash; A collection of simple bootloaders for various purposes.
 * systemd-boot &mdash; bootloader that is specific to UEFI firmware and the systemd init system.
 * U-Boot &mdash; A boot loader popular with embedded devices

External resources

 * Comparison of boot loaders (Wikipedia)