Open Source Linux Boot Software - Page 6

The Affordable BIOS Restoration Tool provides VHDL and C code to recover from failed BIOS upgrades using affordable CPLD's. EEPROM's and Flash chips can be restored with this flash programmer. Interfaces for DIP and tsop packages are being developed.

Agnix is an educational, network operating system kernel. It is ideal starting point to learn about operating systems. The main goal of the project is to provide a network kernel fully compatible with the Linux Kernel in the system call layer

BootUtils is a collection of utilities to facilitate booting of modern Kernel 2.6 based systems. The process of finding the root volume either by label or explicit label= on the kernel command line, mounting it and 'switchroot'ing is automated.

CIniFile is a C++ class to read and write inifiles in microsoft ini format. There is also a plain C version available. IniFiles.

The FDOS Operaing System is 100% written in Assembler (NASM). It supports FAT 12, TSR and a small Multi Kernel System. The source is very good documentated (only in English). A German, russian and English Documentation (about 40 pages) are included.

The FreeBIOS project aims to provide a replacement for any computer's firmware, and support advanced or custom features and configurations. Initial code supports Intel-based only, but other processors and chipsets will be supported.

the goal of project is to make alternative grub2 configuration system. currently supports current GNU/Linux OS and Windows

THIS PROJECT IS INACTIVE!!

InitNG strived to replace the old System V Init completelty. It offers faster startup through parallelization, service and demon monitoring, logging facilities and a dynamic run-time dependency configuration.

KGRUBEditor is a KDE utility, that edits GRUB's configuration files through an intuitive user interface. It combines both ease of use with flexibility and is the perfect solution for those who want to configure GRUB, without messing with its files.

LBdistro is a build environment to help developers to create LinuxBIOS system with applications inside, it is based on buildrom (used in OLPC).

Linux-based Network Bootmanager A graphical bootmanager providing OS deployment and repair for Linux, Windows, possibly other operating systems, via PXE and local cache.

Multicast BOOTP Java server and C client

Linksys kindly provides a tarball with source code to the NAS200 firmware which can be used by users to build their own firmware, and add improvements. This project will be the place where those improvements are gathered.

Perix is a 16/32/64-Bit protected mode kernel, bootable and capable of running with or without an operating system. It is written in Turbo Pascal 7.0 for DOS, Delphi 7.0, Pascal Pro, Virtual Pascal v2.1, Delphi XE2 64-Bit, TASM, TASM32 and JWASM. The latest version, 0.01I, supports multi-processor. Added Open Watcom C++ and Borland C++ examples.

A triple boot solution for intel based macs.

Virtual Linux 1.1 (Tiger Edition) is basically the Mandrake Linux operating system, modified to run directly from your cd rom drive. With Virtual-Linux 1.1 you get about 1.6 gigabytes of software, all compressed onto one cd rom, using cloop compression.

vold is a Volume Daemon for Linux that can automatically mount CD-Roms, Harddrives, USB Flash Sticks, iPods etc. It is also possible to identify Partitions by UUID or volumename and mount them in a pre-defined Folder. Aims to replace mounting by hand!

just like visudo, wrap the details of re-creating the /boot.scr file after editing it's source /boot.cmd . Packaged for Slackware ARM

cinit is a fast, parallel booting, true dependency supporting init system with support for profiles.

eINIT is a replacement for the long standard sysvinit. It aims to be yet one of the fastest and most configurable init systems around.

fat_imgen is a utility you can use to create and modify FAT12 floppy images with.

This is a branch from the fxload project, originally part of the linux-hotplug SourceForge project which seems to be abandoned. This branch incorporates the patch from Steven J. Magnani that adds support for Cypress FX3 USB 3.0 endpoint to the fxload utility. It has been tested on Ubuntu 12.04 with the FX3 development kit (part number CYUSB3KIT-001). Oddly, as of January 2013 Cypress doesn't include this utility with its (open source) Linux SDK but requires developers to purchase a copy of MS Windows to be able to program the board. This SourceForge project contains no new code.

A linux from windows installer, that is, an installer that runs on Windows and installs linux.

MKG automates the installation of the Gentoo GNU/Linux distribution. It follows the official AMD64 install handbook, with a limited number of configuration options. It creates a desktop platform compiled out of the latest available sources in the stable branch. MKG can install Gentoo on a device, and/or create an installation ISO file that holds on a single DVD. MKG also backs up any device into a recovery medium. The output is a direct install to disk and/or an installation medium (ISO file, DVD, or bootable USB stick). MKG target users who would like to experiment with Gentoo. It will also help out users who already know how to install and manage Gentoo, yet forgot to back up their OS for some time and need a fast recovery tool. It will also be appreciated by users who bumped into intractable dependency conflicts and are looking for a quick way out.