Bootloader

Tinybldlin is a GNU/Linux port written in python for Tiny PIC Bootloader (tinybldWin.exe) for Microchip PIC microcontrollers. Platforms: *nix

This is a KCModule for configuring the GRUB2 bootloader. Smoothly integrated in KDE System Settings, it is the central place for managing your GRUB2 configuration. Supports many GRUB2 configuration options, most notably: * Manage default boot entry * Manage boot timeout * Manage boot... Platforms: *nix

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: *nix

Yaboot project is a bootloader (like lilo or grub) for PPC machines. It is a PowerPC bootloader for Open Firmware based machines including New World Apple Macintosh, IBM RS/6000, IBM pSeries and IBM OpenPower machines. Whats New in This Release: - Netbooting on pSeries, pxelinux-style... Platforms: *nix

Petitboot is a graphical bootloader for the PlayStation 3. It's based on the existing kboot project, plus the twin windowing system for the GUI. At present, petitboot is very much a work-in-progress, but works on our test PS3. This project is licensed under the GPL v2. Platforms: *nix

kexec-loader is a Linux based bootloader that uses kexec to start the kernel of your choice. It fits on a 1.44MB floppy, supports most block devices supported by Linux and is easy to use. kexec-loader supports reading GRUB configuration files, this allows kexec-loader to be used as a drop-in... Platforms: *nix

EasyBCD is a powerful bootloader modification tool created to give end users complete control over everything that happens while Windows Vista starts up. It has the ability to set up multi- and dual-boot profiles for Windows Vista + Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and many more operating systems. With... Platforms: Windows

NanoVM is a tiny (less than 8 kB of code including simple native classes and a bootloader) implementation of the Java VM. NanoVM project currently runs on Linux and the AVR microcontroller family. Unix/Linux is supported as the main development and testing platform, whereas the VM is primarily... Platforms: *nix

U-Boot is a Universal Bootloader project that provides firmware with full source code under GPL. Many CPU architectures are supported: PowerPC(MPC5xx, MPC8xx, MPC82xx, MPC7xx, MPC74xx, 4xx), ARM(ARM7, ARM9, StrongARM, Xscale), MIPS(4Kc,5Kc), x86. Whats New in This Release: Support for new... Platforms: *nix

ATmon is a bootloader and monitor tool for the Atmel ATmega32 microcontroller. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

MPHidFlash is a command-line tool for communicating with the USB-Bootloader in PIC microcontrollers. It supports Microchips HID-Bootloader protocol and runs on various plattforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS X). This tool is based on the programm 'ubw32' developed by Phillip Burgess. Platforms: Mac

dfu-programmer project is a Device Firmware Update based USB programmer for Atmel chips with a USB bootloader. Supported Chips ??? 8051 Chips ??? AVR Chips ??? at89c51snd1c ??? at90usb1287 ??? at89c5130 ??? at90usb1286 ??? at89c5131 ??? at90usb647 ??? at89c5132 ??? at90usb646 ??? at90usb162 ???... Platforms: *nix

gPXE is an open source (GPL) network bootloader. It provides a direct replacement for proprietary PXE ROMs, with many extra features such as DNS, HTTP, iSCSI, etc. Take a look at our Screenshots page and the HowTo Guides for some ideas of what we can do, and grab the code from our Platforms: *nix

ALT Linux 6.0.0, an independently-developed Russian Linux distribution, has been released. The new version comes in two editions - "Simply Linux", which is an installable live medium featuring the Xfce 4.8 desktop environment, and KDesktop, which is a live and installation DVD image centred... Platforms: *nix

Ubuntu LiveUSB is a tool to create a bootable Live USB stick from the running Ubuntu Live CD. Here are some key features of "Ubuntu LiveUSB": ?*A* Detects available USB sticks (using HAL) and asks user which one to use ?*A* Partitions USB stick with 1 partition ?*A* Sets partition bootable ?*A*... Platforms: *nix

So far, we have successfully ported a customized uClinux (http://www.uclinux.org) kernel to the iPod, and written a simple user interface for it dubbed podzilla. Many additional Applications have been written, adding many capabilities not found in Apples firmware. Our bootloader allows for you... Platforms: *nix

DietLinux is a distribution based on dietlibc. It contains a 2.6.x linux kernel, and will never support older kernels that do not support for devfs and tmpfs. The boot process is optimized for small size, the upcoming 0.2-release should be able to boot from cdrom, floppy or usb-stick on all... Platforms: *nix

Here is the description you can find at Freshmeat: Gujin is a PC boot loader which can analyze your partitions and filesystems. It finds the Linux kernel images available, as well as other bootable partitions (for *BSD, MS-DOS, Windows, etc.), files (*.kgz) and bootable disk images (*.bdi), and... Platforms: *nix

Free60 Gentoo LiveCD Xenon is a liveCD for Linux on the Xbox 360. It is based on the experimental gentoo liveCD that can be found here: http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/experimental/ppc64/livecd/ It has a few changes to boot on the Xbox 360 (codename xenon). How does it work ? Burn... Platforms: *nix

HTTP-FUSE-KNOPPIX is a "pile-up" KNOPPIX linux distribution. HTTP-FUSE KNOPPIX downloads pieces of Root Filesystem from a HTTP server when the piece is requested, although normal KNOPPIX requires whole 700MB ISO image at first. The piece is "piled up" on your PC. The first minimum parts of... Platforms: *nix