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GRUB

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GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows  Supports chainloading the Windows bootloader
  • Linux  Supports booting the Linux kernel directly
  • BSD  Supports chainloading the FreeBSD bootloader
  • Solaris
  • OpenSolaris  x86 only
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Properties

  1.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Text-based
  2.  USB to NTFS
  3.  Zero configuration

 Tags

  • gnu
  • boot
  • system-boot
  • system-booting

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  • Fadikkop, Ituaf, sjrduarte and pitchenese1204 liked GRUB
    •18 days ago
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    Maoholguin added GRUB as alternative to iReboot
    •8 months ago
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GRUB information

  • Developed by

    Allen Beye Riddell

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Alternatives

    24 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GRUB was added to AlternativeTo by FLYingG0D on Mar 5, 2010 and this page was last updated Sep 27, 2021. GRUB is sometimes referred to as GRand Unified Bootloader.
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What is GRUB?

GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader. It was derived from GRUB, the GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn.

Briefly, boot loader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring control to the operating system kernel software (such as the Hurd or the Linux). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the operating system (e.g. GNU).

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