Comparison of bootloaders

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available bootloaders.

General information

Name	Developer / Publisher	Current version	Initial release date	Latest release date	License	Cost	Website / documentation
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Acronis OS Selector	Acronis International GmbH	?	?	?	Proprietary	$49.95 (personal use) $79.99 (commercial, per seat) $299.99 (server)	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Barebox	Sascha Hauer the barebox community	v2026.04.0 LTS	Template:Dts	?	Template:Open source	No cost	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| BootManager	?	?	?	?	Template:Open source	No cost	?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| BootX (Apple)	Apple Inc.	?	?	?	Proprietary	bundled with macOS	?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| BootX (Linux)	Benjamin Herrenschmidt	?	?	?	Proprietary	No cost	?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Clover (fork of rEFIt)	https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/CloverBootloader/graphs/contributors Multi Contributors]	5157	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Open source/BSD-2-Clause	No cost	Official website Source repository
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Das U-Boot	DENX Software Engineering	Template:Wikidata		Template:Wikidata	Template:Open source	No cost	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| GRUB Legacy	GNU Project			Template:Dts	Template:Open source	No cost
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| GNU GRUB	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	1995	Template:Wikidata	Template:Open source	No cost	[http://Template:Wikidata Official website]
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Grub2Win	Drummerdp	2.4.2.4	2010	April 2, 2025	Template:Open source	No cost	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| GRUB4DOS				Template:Dts	Template:Open source^[a]		Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| iBoot	Apple Inc.	iBoot-11881.62.2~1	June 29, 2007	December 9, 2024	Proprietary
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| LILO					Template:Open source
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Limine	mintsuki	Template:Wikidata	Template:Dts	Template:Wikidata	Template:Open source	No cost	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| loadlin					Template:Open source
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| NTLDR	Microsoft		Template:Dts (Windows NT 3.1)		Proprietary	bundled with Windows
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| RedBoot					mod Template:Open source (eCos license)
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| rEFInd (fork of rEFIt)	Roderick W. Smith	0.14.4.2	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Open source/BSD-3-Clause	No cost	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| rEFIt	Christoph Pfisterer	0.14	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Open source/BSD-3-Clause	No cost	Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| SYSLINUX				Template:Dts	Template:Open source
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| systemd-boot / Gummiboot					Template:Open source
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| TianoCore EDK II					Template:Open source
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| Windows Boot Manager	Microsoft		Template:Dts (Windows Vista)		Proprietary	bundled with Windows
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| wolfBoot	wolfSSL		Template:Dts	Template:Dts	Template:Open source		Official website
Template:Rh class="table-rh" \| XOSL				Template:Dts	Template:Open source

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^ While most parts of GRUB4DOS are under GPL-2.0-or-later, the whole software is limited to GPL-2.0-only due to incorporating some code from Linux.^[1]

Technical information

Note: The column MBR (Master Boot Record) refers to whether or not the boot loader can be stored in the first sector of a mass storage device. The column VBR (Volume Boot Record) refers to the ability of the boot loader to be stored in the first sector of any partition on a mass storage device.

Storage medium support

Name	Can reside in				Can boot from
Name	ESP (UEFI)	MBR	VBR	Floppy	Hard disk	Second hard disk	Logical partitions	CD-ROM	Floppy	USB	Zip	LAN
Template:Rh \| Acronis OS Selector	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Template:Rh \| Barebox	Yes	Yes	No	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Template:Rh \| BootKey	?	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Template:Rh \| BootManager	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	No
Template:Rh \| BootX (Apple)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| BootX (Linux)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| Das U-Boot	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Template:Rh \| GRUB Legacy	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| GNU GRUB	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| GRUB4DOS	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| iBoot	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	No	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| LILO	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Template:Rh \| Limine	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| loadlin	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| NTLDR	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
Template:Rh \| RedBoot	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| rEFInd	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	Yes
Template:Rh \| rEFIt (not maintained)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	Yes	?	No
Template:Rh \| SPFdisk	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| SYSLINUX	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| systemd-boot / Gummiboot	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?
Template:Rh \| Windows Boot Manager	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
Template:Rh \| wolfBoot	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
Template:Rh \| XOSL	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	No
Name	Can reside in				Can boot from
Name	ESP (UEFI)	MBR	VBR	Floppy	Hard disk	Second Hard disk	Logical partitions	CD-ROM	Floppy	USB	Zip	LAN

Operating system support

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Name	Can boot
Name	MS-DOS	Windows 9x/Me	Windows NT series before Vista	Windows Vista/7/8/10	Linux	ReactOS	MenuetOS	*BSD	macOS
Template:Rh \| Acronis OS Selector	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| Barebox	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| BootKey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| BootManager	Yes	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Calls Windows Boot Manager	Calls GRUB or LILO	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| BootX (Apple)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
Template:Rh \| BootX (Linux)	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| Das U-Boot	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes (FreeBSD)	?
Template:Rh \| GRUB Legacy and GRUB4DOS	Yes	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Calls Windows Boot Manager	Yes	Calls FreeLoader	Yes	Calls bootloader for some kernels	Yes
Template:Rh \| GNU GRUB	Yes	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Calls Windows Boot Manager	Yes	Calls FreeLoader	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| iBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
Template:Rh \| LILO	?	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Yes	Yes	?	?	Calls biosboot (FreeBSD, PC-BSD, ...)	?
Template:Rh \| loadlin	with MEMDISK	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?
Template:Rh \| Limine	Calls bootloader	Calls bootloader	Calls bootloader	Calls bootloader	Yes	Calls bootloader	Calls bootloader	Calls bootloader	Calls bootloader
Template:Rh \| NTLDR	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Calls GRUB4DOS	?	?	?	Calls Darwin bootloader^[2]
Template:Rh \| RedBoot	Yes	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Calls Windows Boot Manager	Yes	Calls FreeLoader	Yes	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| rEFInd (fork of rEFIt)	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| rEFIt (not maintained)	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes
Template:Rh \| SPFdisk	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| SYSLINUX	Yes	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Calls Windows Boot Manager	Yes	?	Yes	via mboot.c32 module [1]	?
Template:Rh \| systemd-boot / Gummiboot	No	No	Windows Server 2013 64bits with UEFI only	Calls Windows Boot Manager^[3]	Yes	?	?	UEFI only	Yes^[3]
Template:Rh \| Windows Boot Manager	?	Yes	Calls NTLDR	Yes	Calls GRUB or LILO	?	?	?	?
Template:Rh \| wolfBoot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?
Template:Rh \| XOSL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Name	Can boot
Name	MS-DOS	Windows 9x/Me	Windows NT series before Vista	Windows Vista/7/8/10	Linux	ReactOS	MenuetOS	*BSD	macOS

File-system support

Non-journaled

Name	FAT				Minix	ext2	HFS	AFFS	F2FS	YAFFS
Name	FAT12	FAT16	FAT32	exFAT	Minix	ext2	HFS	AFFS	F2FS	YAFFS1	YAFFS2
Acronis OS Selector	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Barebox	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?
BootX (Apple)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
BootX (Linux)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Das U-Boot	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
FreeLoader (ReactOS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
GNU GRUB 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
GRUB Legacy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	?
Grub2Win	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GRUB4DOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	?
iBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
LILO	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Limine^[4]^[5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
loader (FreeBSD)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?
loadlin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NTLDR	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	No	No	No	?	?
RedBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
rEFInd	Yes^[a]			?	?	Yes^[b]	?	?	?	?	?
rEFIt	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Syslinux	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?
systemd-boot / Gummiboot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Boot Manager	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	No	?	?	?	?
XOSL	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
yaboot	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?

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Journaled

Name	NTFS	ext3	ext4	ReiserFS	Reiser4	JFS	XFS	UFS	UDF	HFS+	BeFS	AFS	SFS	UBIFS	JFFS2
Acronis OS Selector	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Barebox	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
BootManager	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
BootX (Apple)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
BootX (Linux)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Das U-Boot	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
FreeLoader (ReactOS)	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GNU GRUB 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
GRUB Legacy	No	Yes	patch^[a]	Yes^[b]	No	Yes^[b]	Yes^[b]	Yes^[b]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Grub2Win	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GRUB4DOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[b]	No	Yes^[b]	Yes^[b]	Yes^[b]	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
iBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
LILO	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Limine	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
loader (FreeBSD)	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
loadlin	Yes^[c]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NTLDR	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RedBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes
rEFInd	Partial^[d]	Yes^[d]	Yes^[d]	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes^[d]	?	?	?	?	?
rEFIt	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Syslinux	Yes	Yes	Partial^[e]	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
systemd-boot / Gummiboot	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Boot Manager	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No
XOSL	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
yaboot	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

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^ Debian patch
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h GNU GRUB 0.97 manual
^ Requires a TSR, such as NTFSDOS
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d rEFInd Features
^ https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem#ext

Copy-on-write

Name	btrfs	APFS	ZFS	NILFS	ReFS
Acronis OS Selector	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
Barebox	No	No	No	No	No^[6]
BootManager	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
BootX (Apple)	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
BootX (Linux)	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
Das U-Boot	?	?	Yes	?	No^[6]
FreeLoader (ReactOS)	Yes	?	?	?	No^[6]
GNU GRUB 2	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No^[6]
GRUB Legacy	No	No	No	No	No^[6]
Grub2Win	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
GRUB4DOS	No	No	No	No	No^[6]
iBoot	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
LILO	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
Limine^[7]^[8]	No	No	No	No	No^[6]
loader (FreeBSD)	?	?	Yes	?	No^[6]
loadlin	No	No	No	No	No^[6]
NTLDR	No	No	No	No	No^[6]
RedBoot	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
rEFInd	Yes^[a]	?	?	?	No^[6]
rEFIt	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
Syslinux	Yes	No	No	No	No^[6]
systemd-boot / Gummiboot	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
Windows Boot Manager	?	No	?	?	No^[6]
XOSL	?	?	?	?	No^[6]
yaboot	?	?	?	?	No^[6]

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^ rEFInd Features

Read-only

Name	cpio	tar	ISO 9660	romfs	SquashFS	cramfs
Acronis OS Selector	?	?	?	?	?	?
Barebox	?	?	?	?	Yes^[a]	Yes
BootManager	?	?	?	?	?	?
BootX (Apple)	?	?	?	?	?	?
BootX (Linux)	?	?	?	?	?	?
Das U-Boot	?	?	?	?	Yes^[b]	Yes
FreeLoader (ReactOS)	?	?	?	?	?	?
GNU GRUB 2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
GRUB Legacy	?	?	Yes^[c]	?	?	?
Grub2Win	?	?	?	?	?	?
GRUB4DOS	?	?	Yes^[c]	?	?	?
iBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?
LILO	?	?	?	?	?	?
Limine	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
loader (FreeBSD)	?	?	?	?	?	?
loadlin	No	No	Yes^[d]	?	?	?
NTLDR	?	?	?	?	?	?
RedBoot	?	?	?	?	?	?
rEFInd	?	?	Yes^[e]	?	?	?
rEFIt	?	?	?	?	?	?
Syslinux	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
systemd-boot / Gummiboot	?	?	?	?	?	?
Windows Boot Manager	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
XOSL	?	?	?	?	?	?
yaboot	?	?	?	?	?	?

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^ https://git.lumina-sensum.com/LuminaSensum/barebox/blob/master/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst
^ https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/c51006130370b48b7eb5a93ada745385aa27f6bf
^ ^a ^b http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/stage2/fsys_iso9660.c?h=grub-legacy
^ Requires DOS support / TSR, such as MSCDEX
^ rEFInd Features

Other features

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Name	Advanced command	Scriptable	Supported architecture	Supported executable	Supported protocol	Supported decompression	Others
GRUB Legacy	Yes	No	x86 (PC)	Multiboot 1, Linux zImage, Linux bzImage and others	TFTP	gzip
GRUB 2	Yes	Yes	x86 (PC, EFI, UEFI, coreboot, OLPC), IA-64, ARM (U-Boot, UEFI), PowerPC (OpenFirmware), MIPS, SPARC (OpenFirmware)	Multiboot and others^[9]	TFTP, HTTP^[10]	gzip, xz^[11]
LILO	No	No	x86 (PC)	Linux zImage, Linux bzImage	?	bzip2, gzip
loader (FreeBSD)	Yes	Yes	x86 (PC, EFI, UEFI, coreboot, OLPC), ARM (U-Boot, UEFI), MIPS, PowerPC (OpenFirmware), SPARC v9 (OpenFirmware)	FreeBSD ELF kernel image, Multiboot (incomplete, for Xen image only)^[12]	TFTP, NFS	gzip, bzip2
kexec (Linux)	Depending on user space	Depending on user space	x86, ARM, ARM64, PowerPC, PowerPC 64, IA-64, IBM Z, RISC-V^[13]	Linux bzImage, Multiboot, other ELF image	Depending on configuration and user space	Template:Screen reader-only	The kexec system call can start another kernel, replacing the current running Linux, thus turning a Linux-based operating system into a fancy bootloader.
loadlin	No	No	x86 (PC)	Linux zImage, Linux bzImage	?	gzip
SYSLINUX	via cmd.c32 module	via lua.c32 module	x86 (PC)	Linux zImage, Linux bzImage,^[14] Multiboot,^[15] MBR image^[16]	TFTP	gzip, bzip2, lzo, zip, lzma, ?
Yaboot	No	No	PowerPC (Open Firmware)	Linux ELF image	TFTP	No
RedBoot	Yes	yes (boot only)	ARM, ColdFire, H8300, x86, Freescale/Motorola 68000, MIPS, PowerPC, SH, SPARC, SPARCLite	ELF	TFTP, serial (X-modem)	gzip
Das U-Boot	Yes	Yes	PowerPC, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, ColdFire, IXP, Leon2, m68k, MicroBlaze, MIPS, NIOS, NIOS2, PXA, x86, RISC-V, StrongARM, SH2, SH3, SH4, ...	EFI, ELF, U-Boot image format, Linux zImage, raw	TFTP, NFS, serial (S-Record, Y-Modem, Kermit binary protocol)	bzip2, gzip, lzma
Barebox	Yes	Yes	ARM, Blackfin, NIOS2, MIPS, x86, PowerPC	ELF, U-Boot image format	TFTP, NFS, serial (S-Record, Y-Modem, Kermit binary protocol)	bzip2, gzip, lz4, xz, lzo
NTLDR	No	No	x86 (PC)	Windows NT kernel image (PE), MBR image	?	?	default bootloader on Windows NT
Windows Boot Manager	No	No	x86 (PC), ARM (only on Windows Mobile remake)	Portable Executable	?	?	Successor of NTLDR; used on Vista and up.
wolfBoot	?	?	ARM Cortex-M, ARM Cortex-R, ARM Cortex-A, Intel x86, RISC-V RV32, PowerPC, Renesas RH, TriCore	Raw binary, ELF, UEFI	TPM 2.0, PKCS#11. SPI, I²C, UART	Custom delta-update based on Bentley-Mcilroy compression algorithm
FreeLoader (ReactOS)	No	No	x86 (PC), ARM, PowerPC	?	?	?	clone of NTLDR
Limine	Yes	No	x86 (PC, UEFI), ARM, RISC-V, LoongArch^[17]^[18]	Multiboot 1 and 2, Limine boot protocol, Linux zImage and bzImage^[19]	TFTP	gzip

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[2] While most parts of GRUB4DOS are under GPL-2.0-or-later, the whole software is limited to GPL-2.0-only due to incorporating some code from Linux.^[1]

[7] ttps://wiki.archlinux.org/title/REFInd#Installing_the_rEFInd_Boot_Manager

[refind-8] rEFInd Features

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[GNU_GRUB_0.97_manual-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h GNU GRUB 0.97 manual

[11] Requires a TSR, such as NTFSDOS

[refind-12] rEFInd Features

[13] ttps://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem#ext

[refind-17] rEFInd Features

[18] ttps://git.lumina-sensum.com/LuminaSensum/barebox/blob/master/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst

[uboot-squashfs-19] ttps://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/commit/c51006130370b48b7eb5a93ada745385aa27f6bf

[grub-legacy-iso9660-20] ttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/stage2/fsys_iso9660.c?h=grub-legacy

[21] Requires DOS support / TSR, such as MSCDEX

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