Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware with the Linux kernel. LinuxBoot must run on top of hardware initialisation software in order to...

The Linux booting process involves multiple stages and is in many ways similar to the BSD and other Unix-style boot processes, from which it is derived...

linuxboot/heads, LinuxBoot, 28 May 2024, retrieved 29 May 2024 oreboot/oreboot, oreboot, 27 March 2025, retrieved 31 March 2025 Inside the Linux boot...

Newer loaders such as Air-Boot, GRUB and LILO offer more flexibility. One popular multi-boot configuration is to dual-boot Linux and Windows operating systems...

Linux (/ˈlɪnʊks/ LIN-uuks) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released...

A boot image is a type of disk image that when on a boot device allows the associated computer to boot. A boot image usually includes an operating system...

Enterprise Linux, and VMware ESXi; and 2) EBBR: which requires compliance to a set of UEFI interfaces as defined in the Embedded Base Boot Requirements...

(15 August 1992) H.J. Lu's "bootable rootdisks" (23 September 1992), and "Linux Base System" (5 October 1992) Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, a commercial distribution...

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

started from "Boot disk HOWTO" and gradually included components file-by-file until Puppy Linux was completed.[clarification needed] Puppy Linux was initially...

Linux. It uses code derived from quik, a replacement boot loader for PCI-based Old World Apple computers using Open Firmware. BootX requires a Linux kernel...

enhanced functionality for automating the Linux boot process. The tool named dracut is used to create a Linux boot image (initramfs) by copying tools and...

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be small, simple, and secure. It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of the more commonly used glibc...

(fellow employees) coined the phrase "bootable business card". The premiere version was available at the first LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose, California. The...

Kali Linux (from the Hindu goddess Kali) is a Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing. It is maintained and funded by...

Kexec is used by LinuxBoot to boot the main kernel from the Linux kernel located in the firmware. Linux portal kdump (Linux) – Linux kernel's crash dump...

DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) is a NFS-/NIS server providing a diskless or systemless environment for client machines. It could be used for cloning...

(CSS), and Calculate Linux Container (CLC). Bootable live CDs are available for all versions. They can be used to install Calculate Linux on a hard disk drive...

installation is for the Linux root directory to be a subdirectory of the root directory of the DOS boot volume, e.g. C:\LINUX . The various Linux top-level directories...

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Arch Linux (/ɑːrtʃ/) is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution. Arch Linux is kept up-to-date by regularly updating the individual pieces...

Sabayon Linux (formerly RR4 Linux and RR64 Linux) was an Italian Gentoo-based Linux distribution created by Fabio Erculiani and the Sabayon development...

under a proprietary license or EULA. OpenWrt DD-WRT coreboot SeaBIOS LinuxBoot Libreboot Marlin (firmware), Arduino-based firmware for 3D printers PinePhone...

This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. Distributions are organized into sections...

parallel during system booting, and to reduce the computational overhead of the shell. In May 2011, Fedora Linux became the first major Linux distribution to...

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loadlin is a Linux boot loader that runs under 16-bit real-mode DOS (including the MS-DOS mode of Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me startup disk)....

switch off Secure Boot". The Verge. Retrieved August 3, 2012. Garling, Caleb (September 23, 2011). "Windows 8 Secure Boot Sparks Linux Furor, and a Microsoft...

filesystem hierarchy as /boot. This was later standardised by the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which now requires the Linux kernel image to be located...

legally by the Xbox Linux project. Catalyzed by a large cash prize for the first team to provide the possibility of booting Linux on an Xbox without the...