A bootloader, also spelled as boot loader or called bootstrap loader, is a computer program that is responsible for booting a computer and booting an operating...

user, including modifying the operating system (enforced by a "locked bootloader"), installing non-officially approved (not available on the App Store)...

Bootloader unlocking is the process of disabling the bootloader security that enforces secure boot during the boot procedure. It can allow advanced customizations...

compare general and technical information for a number of available bootloaders. While most parts of GRUB4DOS are under GPL-2.0-or-later, the whole software...

loaded into RAM, the bootloader (also called first-stage bootloader or primary bootloader) will execute to load the second-stage bootloader (also called secondary...

restrictions on unlocking the bootloader for regions outside mainland China. XDA Developers has a forum on unlocking the Xiaomi bootloader without going through...

LILO (Linux Loader) is a bootloader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions [when?]. Unlike loadlin, it allowed booting...

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...

FAT filesystems. Limine aims to provide a more robust alternative to bootloaders like GNU GRUB, as well as its own boot protocol as an alternative to...

Distros have fallen out of favour as the OSx86 community grew, as new bootloaders were developed that made it possible to use actual copies of the OS X...

The Android Dev Phone (ADP) is a SIM-unlocked and bootloader unlocked Android device that is designed for advanced developers. While developers can use...

EasyBCD has a number of bootloader-related features that can be used to repair and configure the bootloader. From the "Manage Bootloader" section of EasyBCD...

The Syslinux Project is a discontinued suite of five different bootloaders for starting up Linux distributions on computers. It was primarily developed...

in a command-line interface tool of the same name and as a mode of the bootloader of Android devices. The tool is included with the Android SDK package...

after the CPU is reset to the reset vector, and it typically loads a bootloader. There are two types of boot ROM: a mask boot ROM that cannot be changed...

bootloader on the eMMC or eUFS is used. The secondary bootloader initializes TrustZone. On the Qualcomm MSM8960 for example, the Secondary Bootloader...

Nintendo Switch. Installing custom firmware on some devices requires bootloader unlocking. Custom firmware often allow homebrew applications or ROM image...

operating systems on the x86 platform as the BIOS must be able to load the bootloader and the entire kernel image into memory. Both of these must, therefore...

locked bootloader. CalyxOS also features an installer that guides the user through the process of unlocking and then re-locking the bootloader. The Calyx...

point for the EFI system partition varies depending on the bootloader used. Older bootloaders such as GRUB 2 and lilo/elilo default to /boot/efi. Alternatively...

In computing, a MILO, or the Alpha Linux Mini Loader, is a firmware replacement for early Alpha AXP hardware that allows the system to boot the Alpha version...

Boot. Garrett himself developed a minimal bootloader known as a shim, which is a precompiled, signed bootloader that allows the user to individually trust...

pre-programmed with a bootloader that simplifies the uploading of programs to the on-chip flash memory. The default bootloader of the Arduino Uno is the...

The SPARC Improved bootLOader (SILO) is the bootloader used by the SPARC port of the Linux operating system; it can also be used for Solaris as a replacement...

iBoot is the stage 2 bootloader for iPhones, iPads, Apple silicon-based Macs, and the T2 chip in Intel-based Macs with such a chip. Compared with its predecessor...

RISC-V, LoongArch and x86. U-Boot is both a first-stage and second-stage bootloader. It is loaded by the system's ROM (e.g. on-chip ROM of an ARM CPU) from...

actress and singer Liselotte Johanna Lewin (1921-2022) LILO (bootloader), a bootloader for Linux systems Last in, last out, or first in, first out in...

Since it includes modifying the operating system (enforced by a "locked bootloader"), installing non-officially approved (not available on the App Store)...

Server 2003. From Windows Vista onwards it was replaced by the BOOTMGR bootloader. NTLDR is typically run from the primary storage device, but it can also...

the capability of unlocking its bootloader by a tool found in the Motorola Mobility website. An unlocked bootloader gives developers the ability to load...