Boot System

GRUB Splash Images package contains a collection of splashimages which can be used for GRUB. If youd like your splashimage in this package send them to mcgrof@ruslug.rutgers.edu. Quick tips for the impatient: convert -resize 640x480 -colors 14 image.png image.xpm && gzip image.xpm Quick...

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...

grub-choose-default is a simple but handy GUI to set the grub default for the next boot. Control Grub Default through a GUI Do you have a dual boot system? Isn't it annoying when you want to reboot from Linux into Windows or vice-versa, and you have to wait for the machine to shut down, BIOS to...


Platforms: *nix

makebootfat is a command line utility able to create bootable USB disks for Linux and Windows using the FAT filesystem and syslinux. makebootfat is the most advanced tool available able to make bootable USB disks. Its able to autodetect/partition/format/populate the USB disk in a single step...


Platforms: *nix

openflash is an open source utility to (re)program flash BIOS chips. Initial support will be for the i-opener network appliance under Qnx since there is an immediate need. Usage: qnxflash [-r < file >] [-w < file >] [-v < file >] [-iadlcV] -r Read bios image from chip. -w Write bios image to...


Platforms: *nix

flashboot for OpenBSD is a set of makefiles, scripts, and support tools to build an OpenBSD image suitable for booting from read-only media, such as flash memory. The default image (smaller than 5Mb) is an image for a router/firewall with support for IPsec, SSH, IPv6 and IPv4 packet filtering,...


Platforms: *nix

runit is a cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision; a replacement for sysvinit and other init schemes. runit project runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, snf Solaris, and can easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems. runit implements a simple three-stage concept. Stage 1...


Platforms: *nix

Make-Debian-X11 is an add-on which makes a template with the necessary replacement files for gBootRoots Yard Method. The root filesystem created from the template is user-mode-linux ready and includes X11, making it possible to run gBootRoot from within its own creation..


Platforms: *nix

BootUtils project is a collection of utilities to facilitate booting of modern Kernel 2.6 based systems. BootUtils is designed for initramfs, although volunteers to add support for initrd are welcome. The process of finding the root volume either by label or explicit label= on the kernel...


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

GNU GRUB project, which is a rewrite of GRUB, is alive and under development. GRUB aims at merging sources from PUPA in order to create the next generation of GNU GRUB. A mailing list and a wiki have been setup for discussing the development of GRUB.. Failmalloc - force to fail in allocating...


Platforms: *nix

Boot-up system is freeware program which enable auto run of application on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD media. Program works on all Windows environment.


Platforms: Windows

If you have a lot of computers within LAN, but they may have no CD-ROM drive and USB ports. If you need to perform system recovery or system installation for multiple computers and it's impossible to insert CD or flash drive into these computers one by one. In such case, AOMEI PXE Boot Tool Free...


Platforms: Windows, Windows 7, Other

Borg Live is a bootable CD-Rom containing a GNU/Linux operative system, that permits you to boot directly from the CD, without the need of an hard disk installation . The system is based on Slax , the Slackware Linux Live CD..


Platforms: *nix

Dariks Boot and Nuke is short DBAN is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction..


Platforms: *nix

Linux Mobile System project (LMS) is a full Linux system whose support is the new USB Flash Memory Drives. The intention is to boot any PC with USB support with our system and therefore we will have every administration and analysis applications that we have selected, so we will not need install...


Platforms: *nix

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

SLAX Boot CD is used to boot SLAX from USB devices on computers which cant boot from USB directly. SLAX Boot CD can be also used to boot SLAX from ISO file on disk. Whats New in This Release: - added KDE 3.5.4 with Slackware 11 fixes for media:/ URL in konqueror - probeusb parameter now...


Platforms: *nix

System Mechanic Free keeps your PC running at peak performance and stability with advanced PC optimization, repair and maintenance features. Using 7 safe and effective tools, its exclusive patented technology fixes registry problems, defrags hard drives, cleans up junk files, accelerates...


Platforms: Windows, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server

Lazesoft Windows Recovery Home Edition is free Windows system recovery bootable disk. Lazesoft Windows Recovery Home Edition offers home users complete solutions to fix boot problem, retrieve valuable files, Undelete Partition, etc. With easy to use interfaces, you can using Lazesoft Windows...


Platforms: Windows