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Laptops which use dynamic IP address assignment via DHCP have the problem that the boot process is much longer when no wire is connected to the Ethernet card. This is because the startup scripts have to wait for the DHCP request to time out. ethwireck can detect if the physical layer of the...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 48.13 KB | Download (96): Ethwireck Download |
This is a Linux program for writing Microsoft compatible boot records. The program does the same as Microsoft "fdisk /mbr" to a hard disk or "sys d:" to a floppy or FAT partition except that it does not copy any system files, only the boot record is written.
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 10.24 KB | Download (146): ms-sys 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: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 30.72 KB | Download (116): BootRoot Download |
SLAMPP is a generic linux distribution which can boot and run directly off CD-ROM and has possibility to be installed onto harddisk. SLAMPP Live CD is designed to be used as an instant home server. Just like another linux live CD available at this moment, SLAMPP gives a linux newbie a chance to...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 417.8 MB | Download (139): SLAMPP Live CD Download |
Splashy is a boot splash program that doesnt require patching the Linux kernel. Splashy project paints graphic images directly to framebuffers using libdirectfb. ----------------------------------------------------------------- VGA settings...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 1.5 MB | Download (117): Splashy Download |
Early Macintosh Image LoadEr allows to boot linux-m68k from a floppy on a macintosh such as MacII or Quadra 610. With it, you can create rescue disk, or remove the MacOS partition (needed by the legacy penguin booter) from your HD. Create a floppy from rescue disk image You can find floppy...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 174.08 KB | Download (111): Early Macintosh Image LoadEr Download |
Diskless Remote Boot in Linux in short DRBL is an open source environment to to manage GNU/Linux operating system deployment. Imagine the time required to install GNU/Linux on 40, 30, or even 10 client machines individually. DRBL will allow you to configure all of your client computers by...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 1.8 MB | Download (126): DRBL 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: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 1.4 MB | Download (110): PAUD Download |
Pentoo is a Linux LiveCD, it means that you can boot a linux environment on any x86 based PC. It is like KNOPPIX except that Pentoo is based on the Gentoo distribution and is oriented penetration testing. You can view the list of all available tools here . Well, I know there is already many...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 482 MB | Download (117): Pentoo LiveCD Download |
eMoviX is a package that allows you to create bootable CDs able to boot & autoplay your multimedia files. It is intended mainly to play video files but if you want it can be used to play also audio files. I plan to release eventually a distro similar to eMoviX but aimed at audio only, so stay...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 11 MB | Download (111): eMoviX 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: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 43.01 KB | Download (276): KBoot Download |
Yard is a suite of Perl scripts for creating rescue disks (also called bootdisks) for Linux. A rescue disk is a self-contained Linux kernel and filesystem on a floppy diskette, usually used when you cant (or dont want to) boot off your hard disk. A rescue disk usually contains utilities for...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 174.08 KB | Download (110): Yard Download |
Bootchart is a software for performance analysis and visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. Resource utilization and process information are collected during the boot process and can later be displayed in a PNG, SVG or EPS-encoded chart. The boot process is modified to start the boot...
Platforms: *nix
License: Freeware | Size: 296.96 KB | Download (113): Bootchart Download |
Apple Boot Desktop Theme is a desktop theme including wallpapers and screensavers. Optimized for Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard.Use the wallpapers to get a nice backround on your desktop,choose between original gray apple, light gray apple and white appleUse the apple boot screensavers, wich are in...
Platforms: Mac
License: Freeware | Size: 130 KB | Download (160): Apple Boot Desktop Theme Download |
Extend Partition Home Edition is an useful utility, which is able to extend your system boot partition and other partitions. It can fully use the free space and unallocated space on the disk to meet your needs. The program will adjust another partition to release more free space to expand the...
Platforms: Windows
License: Demo | Cost: $19.00 USD | Size: 1.41 MB | Download (152): Extend Partition Home Edition Download |
Dynamic Disk Converter is a powerful dynamic disk management. Its main feature is to directly convert a dynamic disk back to basic disk without loss of data, and also sector by sector convert/clone from spanned, striped, mirrored and RAID 5 volume to a basic partition. Fortunately, for a dynamic...
Platforms: Windows
License: Demo | Cost: $29.00 USD | Size: 1.9 MB | Download (849): Dynamic Disk Converter Professional Edition Download |
GiliSoft System Maintenance is a simple tool that searches for useless junk files and invalid registry on your computer and allows you to delete them. It currently cleans Windows Temporary Files, browser cache, cookies, lost cluster files, recycle bin contents, user defined junk files (folders)...
Platforms: Windows
License: Shareware | Cost: $14.95 USD | Size: 1.86 MB | Download (102): GiliSoft System Maintenance Download |
Dynamic Disk Converter Server Edition is a powerful dynamic disk management for Windows Server operating system. Its main feature is to directly convert a dynamic disk back to basic disk without loss of data, and also sector by sector convert/clone from spanned, striped, mirrored and RAID 5...
Platforms: Windows
License: Demo | Cost: $59.96 USD | Size: 1.9 MB | Download (103): Dynamic Disk Converter Server Edition Download |
Want to access your PC anytime, anywhere, but don't like throwing money away to an always-on system? Now, PC in My Hand will help you realize your ideas: boot and control your system remotely by iPhone, ipad, Android, BlackBerry,Windows Mobile/PPC, Nokia/Symbian, Palm or other Notebook etc....
Platforms: Windows, Other
License: Freeware | Size: 4.18 MB | Download (376): PC in My Hand Download |
BootIt Bare Metal builds on the success of its predecessor, BootIt NG, continuing to provide a high-quality partition manager, boot manager, and disk imaging program in single package, further enforcing TeraByte™s position as a leading innovator of advanced multi-booting software.
Some of...
Platforms: Windows, *nix, DOS, Netware,Other
License: Shareware | Cost: $39.95 USD | Size: 3.97 MB | Download (120): BootIt Bare Metal Download |