List of bootloaders available on Unix like OS
following are the commonly found boot loaders on Unix like OS 1) U boot (universal boot loader) - choice for Embedded Linux 2) GRUB (GNU Grand unified boot loader) - usually it is used with Debian distro of linux 3) LILO (LInux Loader) - usually it is used with Redhat distro and its derivatives 4) BTX (boot extender ) - is for Free BSD and dragonfly BSD 5) SILO (SPARC improved bootLoader) is mostly used for Solaris 6) NTLDR - boot loader for windows NT 7) elilo - is the standard Linux boot loader for EFI-based( Extensible Firmware Interface ) PC hardware few other bootloaders --------------------- PALO (PA/Linux LOader) Bootman (first bootman appeared in BeOS R4.0,)