boot loaders

EasyBCD

2016-12-25

boot loaders, freeware, GUI software, payware, proprietary software, software, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows software

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(on Wikipedia)
https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/

Untested. Here for reference.

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boot-repair

2016-03-25

boot loaders, freeware, glances, grub, GUI software, HOWTO, LILO, Linux distributions based on Debian, Linux distributions which use systemd, Linux software, loved, misadventures, software, the kit, Ubuntu, utilities

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https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/ubuntu/boot-repair
https://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/Home/

Automagically repairs a boot loader.

This is something I wish I had/knew about a long time ago. I've had bootloader misadventures that really stressed me out.

I'll accept this, even though it uses systemd.

GRUB

2015-05-08

boot loaders, commandline software, disliked, freeware, GNU software, grub, Linux software, live, open-source software, software, utilities

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/

A boot loader.

This is one of the "big" boot loaders. I can't fathom it (since it's GNU), so I expect a distribution to be magic with it.

When GRUB breaks, I use boot-repair.

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LILO

2015-05-08

boot loaders, commandline software, dead, freeware, glances, liked, LILO, Linux software, open-source software, software, todo, utilities

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.joonet.de/lilo/

A boot loader, generally considered less used and less featureful than GRUB.

Although I had used LILO quite a lot in the past, and was doing some interesting things with it, like having multiboots with DOS and rearranging partitions to hide some or change what was primary, I tend to not use a bootloader like that anymore. I expect a distribution to be magical regarding a boot loader.

LILO = Linux Loader
When LILO breaks, I use boot-repair.

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syslinux

2010-01-05

boot loaders, commandline software, freeware, Linux software, live, loved, open-source software, software, syslinux, utilities

(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Syslinux_Project ^[ 1 ] was https://web.archive.org/web/20191231072326/https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Syslinux_Project

A bootloader with various companion tools.

Seems fantastic, but only in the sense that various other tools use it in magical automated ways.

isohybrid is part of the syslinux group of tools.
Includes SYSLINUX, which is Linux-specific.

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^ 1	was https://web.archive.org/web/20191231072326/https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Syslinux_Project

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Always learning

2009-07-20

boot loaders, Linux, misadventures, personal, Unity Linux

Well, I got schooled with all kinds of bootloader and install issues I was having with Unity Linux 0.99-alpha2.

Boy did I get into trouble. I took three pages of notes before I finally managed to scrap 0.99-alpha2 and get 0.99-alpha1 working again.

It's mostly a problem of my lack of understanding too. I'll need to take another pass at the whole affair after reading some advice I got. I know how I'll do things differently next time.

I hope to get into it later this week, although docs are a higher priority at this point since I've left things on auto-pilot for a while.. i.e. nobody was doing anything.

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gujin

2009-04-08

boot loaders, commandline software, disliked, freeware, Linux software, open-source software, reviews

Software >

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gujin/

This software boots your PC and analyse your filesystems. It displays a graphical menu for you to select which system to boot. Intended to replace LILO and Loadlin, written in C with GCC, fully real mode.

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