GNU GRUB (0.97) Simplified for Newbies
- An excellent tutorial for beginners (or those who want a refresher) on the GRUB boot loader. (2007) N.B.: Version 0.97 is currently in feature freeze. GRUB2 is the next version, and according to the developers it is "usable, but we arestill making incompatible changes from time to time. Stabilizing the features is planned in November, 2008".
SYSLINUX - The Easy-to-use Linux Bootloader
- This project covers lightweight bootloaders for floppy media (SYSLINUX), network booting (PXELINUX), and bootable "El Torito" CD-ROMs (ISOLINUX); latest release of SYSLINUX is 3.11, 2005.