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  2. GNU GRUB - Wikipedia

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    GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader, commonly referred to as GRUB) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project.GRUB is the reference implementation of the Free Software Foundation's Multiboot Specification, which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple operating systems installed on a computer or select a specific kernel configuration available on a particular ...

  3. List of tools to create bootable USB - Wikipedia

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    SliTaz GNU/Linux: SliTaz GNU/Linux: Ubuntu Live USB creator: Canonical Ltd: GNU GPL v3: Yes No Ubuntu, Windows Ubuntu UNetbootin: Geza Kovacs GNU GPL v2+ [3] Yes No Linux, macOS, Windows Anything Universal USB Installer (UUI) Pendrivelinux GNU GPL: Yes Yes [4] Yes Windows Linux Ventoy: longpanda GNU GPL v3+ [5] Yes Yes Yes Linux, Windows ...

  4. Booting process of Linux - Wikipedia

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    A bootable device can be storage devices like floppy disk, CD-ROM, USB flash drive, a partition on a hard disk (where a hard disk stores multiple OS, e.g Windows and Fedora), a storage device on local network, etc. [7] A hard disk to boot Linux stores the Master Boot Record (MBR), which contains the first-stage/primary bootloader in order to be ...

  5. Comparison of bootloaders - Wikipedia

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    Note: The column MBR (Master Boot Record) refers to whether or not the boot loader can be stored in the first sector of a mass storage device. The column VBR (Volume Boot Record) refers to the ability of the boot loader to be stored in the first sector of any partition on a mass storage device.

  6. Universal USB Installer - Wikipedia

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    Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution, antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer. The USB boot software can also be used to make Windows 8, 10, or 11 run ...

  7. Plop Boot Manager - Wikipedia

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    The Plop Boot Manager is a proprietary bootloader written by Elmar Hanlhofer. Plop Boot Manager can make computers boot from media that the original BIOS has no support for, such as USB or IDE CD/DVDs. [1] [2] Optionally, Plop can be installed directly onto the hard disk of a computer. [3]

  8. Bootloader - Wikipedia

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    In x86 computers, a first-stage bootloader is a compact 512-byte program that resides in the master boot record (MBR) and executes when a computer starts. Running in 16-bit real mode at address 0x7C00, it performs minimal hardware initialization, sets up a basic execution environment, and locates the second-stage bootloader.

  9. LILO (bootloader) - Wikipedia

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    LILO (Linux Loader) is a boot loader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions. Unlike loadlin , it allowed booting Linux without having DOS on the computer. [ 3 ] As of 2009, most distributions had switched to GRUB as the default boot loader. [ 4 ]