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GRUB alternatives

  • PLoP Boot Manager

  • The PLoP Boot Manager is a small program to boot different operating systems. You can boot the operating systems from harddisk, floppy, CD/DVD or from USB. You can start the boot manager from floppy, CD, network and there are many more ways to start the boot manager. You can install the boot manager on your harddisk. There is no extra partition required for the boot manager.

    tags: boot boot-manager dual-boot multible-os

  • rEFInd

  • rEFInd is a fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer first starts up, as shown below. rEFInd is not a boot loader, which is a program that loads an OS kernel and hands off control to it.

    tags: boot-manager boot-menu efi

  • Libreboot

  • Like coreboot, libreboot is boot firmware intended as a free 'BIOS' replacement for your computer.

    tags: bios boot-firmware

  • Visual BCD Editor

  • Visual BCD Editor - advanced GUI version of bcdedit utility. Automatic boot loader creation - Windows 7|Vista|XP|VHD. Fix boot manager and dual boot problems.

    tags: bcd boot boot-from-usb-without-bios boot-manager operating-system

  • coreboot

  • coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware found in most computers with a lightweight system designed to perform only the minimum of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.

    tags: bios boot-firmware

  • BootIt Bare Metal

  • BootIt Bare Metal is a boot manager and partition manager software utility. Whither you want to do non-destructive repartitioning or boot multiple operating systems, this is the product for you.

    tags: boot partitioning boot-manager partition-manager multiboot

  • BURG

  • burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB . It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS, including Linux/Windows/OSX/FreeBSD, etc. It also has a highly configurable menu system which works in both text and graphic mode.

    tags: Discontinued boot-manager booting

  • Grub2Win

  • Safely dual boot Windows and Linux without touching the Windows MBR.

    tags: boot-manager boot-menu grub4dos

  • OSL2000 Boot Manager

  • OSL2000 is an advanced multi boot manager. Using OSL2000 boot manager, you can directly install, boot and manage upto 100 independent OSs in your computer.

    tags: boot boot-manager commander magic multi

  • DualBootPRO

  • A boot editor for the Windows 7/Vista bootloader. Takes the pain out of BCDEDIT.

    tags: boot boot-manager bcdedit

  • gummiboot

  • gummiboot is a simple UEFI boot manager which executes configured EFI images. The default entry is selected by a configured pattern (glob) or an on-screen menu.

    tags: Discontinued boot-manager uefi

  • GRUB for DOS

  • GRUB for DOS is an universal boot loader based on GNU GRUB. It can boot various OSes (some directly, some using their standard boot managers) on different media (HDD, CD/DVD, external USB devices, etc).

    tags: iso boot boot-manager dos boot-menu

  • rEFIt

  • rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.

    tags: Discontinued boot-manager boot-menu efi apple-hardware