Boot Managers
bicl is a tool for editing the built-in command line boot arguments in binary files like the PPC64 Linux compressed kernel image and the PPC64 Xen compressed hypervisor boot image. he boot argument processing for powerpc Xen is much less complex than it may appear. Assuming that the Simplify...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Bicl, Binary Files, Boot, Builtin, Command, Command Line, Line, Linux, System, Tool, Tool For Editing
License: Freeware | Size: 3.07 KB | Download (108): bicl Download |
BootRoot creates a boot disk with lilo, a kernel and an initrd image. The initrd script mounts another root disk with a compressed (gzip or bzip2) filesystem. The root filesystem isnt made by this program, but there lots of compressed filesytems out there to use. You can use a bzip2...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Bootroot, Creates, Root, System
License: Freeware | Size: 30.72 KB | Download (120): BootRoot Download |
boottool and Linux::Bootloader provide a generic interface for detecting the installed bootloader, updating bootloader configuration files, and performing boot-once to a given kernel. Supported bootloaders include grub, yaboot, lilo and elilo. There are essentially four major pieces in this...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Bootloader, Boottool, Detecting, Installed, Interface, Provide, System
License: Freeware | Size: 40.96 KB | Download (127): boottool Download |
BootUtils project is a collection of utilities to facilitate booting of modern Kernel 2.6 based systems. BootUtils is designed for initramfs, although volunteers to add support for initrd are welcome. The process of finding the root volume either by label or explicit label= on the kernel...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Booting, Bootutils, Collection, Facilitate, Root, System, Utilities, Volume
License: Freeware | Size: 81.92 KB | Download (102): BootUtils Download |
BUM - Boot-Up Manager is a Perl-Gtk2 application to handle runlevels configuration of any debian derivative system. With this program the user will easily start and stop boot-up scripts, without the necessity to handle thru complex links and permissions. Boot-Up Manager has been tested on an...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Boot-up, Bootup, Bum, Configuration, Manager, System
License: Freeware | Size: 58.37 KB | Download (161): BUM - Boot-Up Manager Download |
Ext2 Filesystem Utilities project (e2fsprogs) contain all of the standard utilities for creating, fixing, configuring , and debugging ext2 filesystems..
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Add Support, Addresses, Addresses Debian Bug, Addresses Debian Bugs, Boot, Filesystem, Filesystems, Fix, So That, Utilities
License: Freeware | Size: 3.4 MB | Download (113): Ext2 Filesystems Utilities Download |
flashboot for OpenBSD is a set of makefiles, scripts, and support tools to build an OpenBSD image suitable for booting from read-only media, such as flash memory. The default image (smaller than 5Mb) is an image for a router/firewall with support for IPsec, SSH, IPv6 and IPv4 packet filtering,...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Flash, Flashboot, Image, Openbsd, System
License: Freeware | Size: 40.96 KB | Download (111): flashboot for OpenBSD 0.9 Download |
GNU GRUB project, which is a rewrite of GRUB, is alive and under development. GRUB aims at merging sources from PUPA in order to create the next generation of GNU GRUB. A mailing list and a wiki have been setup for discussing the development of GRUB.. Failmalloc - force to fail in allocating...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Gnu, Gnu Grub, Grand Unified Bootloader, Grub, Os, Support, System
License: Freeware | Size: 972.8 KB | Download (178): GNU GRUB Download |
GRUB Splash Images package contains a collection of splashimages which can be used for GRUB. If youd like your splashimage in this package send them to mcgrof@ruslug.rutgers.edu. Quick tips for the impatient: convert -resize 640x480 -colors 14 image.png image.xpm && gzip image.xpm Quick...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Collection, Contains, Grub, Grub Splash, Grub Splash Images, Images, Package, Splash, Splash Images, System, Used
License: Freeware | Download (386): GRUB Splash Download |
KBoot project is a proof-of-concept implementation of a Linux boot loader based on kexec. KBoot uses a boot loader like LILO or GRUB to load a regular Linux kernel as its first stage. Then, the full capabilities of the kernel can be used to locate and to access the kernel to be booted. KBoot...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Based, Based On, Boot, Boot Loader, Kboot, Kernel, Linux, Linux Boot, Linux Boot Loader, Loader, Proof-of-concept, System
License: Freeware | Size: 43.01 KB | Download (276): KBoot Download |
kexec-chooser is a small utility that makes warm rebooting into new kernels under Debian a bit easier. Recent Linux kernels support a new feature called kexec. Basically it allows you to load a new kernel image into memory, and then boot into that kernel directory without having to do a full...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Kernels, Kexecchooser, New, Rebooting, Small, System, Utility, Warm
License: Freeware | Size: 7.17 KB | Download (103): kexec-chooser Download |
Linux graphical bootsplash allows you to use custom graphics during early system startup. It makes it possible to place a nice graphic behind or above the kernel boot messages. Linux graphical bootsplash hooks into the fbcon layer and, if activated, searches the initial ramdisk for a JPEG...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Bootsplash, Graphical, Jpeg, Linux, System
License: Freeware | Size: 102.4 KB | Download (131): Linux graphical bootsplash Download |
The Xbox Linux Project aims to privide a version of GNU/Linux for the Xbox, so that it can be used as an ordinary computer. Linux should make use of all Xbox hardware and allow to install and run software from standard i386 Linux distributions. An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Gnu Linux, Linux, Linux On The Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox, Project, So That, System, Used, Xbox, Xbox Linux, Xbox Linux Project
License: Freeware | Size: 7 MB | Download (177): Linux on the Microsoft Download |
LinuxBIOS project is aimed at replacing the normal BIOS with a little bit of hardware initialization and a compressed Linux kernel that can be booted from a cold start. The project was started as part of clustering research work in the Cluster Reseach Lab at the Advanced Computing Laboratory at...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Bit, Boot, Cluster, Hardware, Linuxbios, Little, Little Bit, Normal, Project, System
License: Freeware | Size: 1.5 MB | Download (133): LinuxBIOS Download |
Make-Debian-X11 is an add-on which makes a template with the necessary replacement files for gBootRoots Yard Method. The root filesystem created from the template is user-mode-linux ready and includes X11, making it possible to run gBootRoot from within its own creation..
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, System
License: Freeware | Size: 16.38 KB | Download (93): Make-Debian-X11 Download |
makebootfat is a command line utility able to create bootable USB disks for Linux and Windows using the FAT filesystem and syslinux. makebootfat is the most advanced tool available able to make bootable USB disks. Its able to autodetect/partition/format/populate the USB disk in a single step...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Bootable, Bootable Usb, Create, Create Bootable, Create Bootable Usb, Makebootfat, System, To Create, Tool
License: Freeware | Size: 143.36 KB | Download (725): makebootfat Download |
mkinitramfs is intended to create the ultimate initramfs image. mkinitramfs is designed to boot from any media (SATA, PATA, SCSI, USB, CD-ROM, etc.) without any changes being made to your disk. However, it is very simple (about 400 lines of code)..
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Create, Initramfs, Intended, Mkinitramfs, System, To Create, Ultimate
License: Freeware | Size: 65.54 KB | Download (149): mkinitramfs Download |
openflash is an open source utility to (re)program flash BIOS chips. Initial support will be for the i-opener network appliance under Qnx since there is an immediate need. Usage: qnxflash [-r < file >] [-w < file >] [-v < file >] [-iadlcV] -r Read bios image from chip. -w Write bios image to...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Device, Device Id, Flash Bios, Open, Open Source, Openflash, Program, Program Flash, Source, System, Utility
License: Freeware | Size: 29.7 KB | Download (193): openflash Download |
PAUD (Parted And Utilities Disk) is a Linux utility boot disk distribution. It fits on a single 1.44 floppy disk. It contains mc, parted, and other utilities such as filesystem utilities for ext2, ext3, and Reiserfs. It is great for partition maintenance and for rescue purposes. The latest...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Disk, Dma, Filesystem, Kernel, Linux Utility, Parted, Paud, Reiserfs, Scsi, Support, System
License: Freeware | Size: 1.4 MB | Download (110): PAUD Download |
PXE Knife is a tool for booting various floppy based utilities via syslinux, allowing them to be booted off a CD, a hard drive, or over the network via PXE. PXE Knife can be used with a number of commonly used tools such as hard drive manufacturers utilities, memory testers, Linux recovery...
Platforms: Linux
Keyword: Boot, Booted Off, Booting, Cd, Knife, Pxe, Syslinux, System, Tool, Utilities, Via
License: Freeware | Size: 58 MB | Download (218): PXE Knife Download |