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Extended Operating System Loader (XOSL) Archive of a project to create a graphical boot loader. Includes manual, FAQ and source code. http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/

GAG - Graphical Boot Manager An open source graphical boot manager which supports up to 9 operating systems. Screen shots, version history and download. http://gag.sourceforge.net/

Gujin Boot/Linux/System Loader For PCs, analyzes filesystems, supports Linux kernel and chainboot. http://gujin.sourceforge.net/

MasterBooter Boot manager which can be used to install and maintain operating systems on a PC. Supports many operating systems. Shareware and registered versions available. http://www.masterbooter.com/

MATTsoft Boot Manager: MBTMGR Boots multiple OSs, including several on one FAT partition. Download, installation documents. http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/mbtmgr/

Multiboot Specification Specifies interface between boot loader and OS, so any complying boot loader should be able to load any complying OS. [PDF] http://www.xtrj.org/china-ukernel/l4/multiboot-english.pdf

Multi-booting Solaris and Other Operating Systems Describes installing Solaris on a PC with other OSs, and joint use of Solaris boot manager and other boot loaders. http://multiboot.solaris-x86.org/

Netboot Includes boot manager functionality and boots Linux, DOS and FreeBSD via a TCP/IP network using BOOTP and TFTP. http://netboot.sourceforge.net/

OSL2000 A universal boot manager allowing selection from a number of operating systems. Includes support for booting from USB, CDROM and other devices. http://www.osloader.com

SOLO: Shag/Os LOader Boot loader for Shag/OS which also supports, Linux and other PC operating systems. Includes source. http://www.csh.rit.edu/~shaggy/software.html#SOLO

SyMon Boot manager with support of up to 36 primary partitions, http://symon.ru/usr/eng/about.shtml

SysLinux Home of SysLinux (floppy), PXELinux (network), ISOLinux (CD-ROM), ExtLinux (ext2/3) utilities to boot Linux kernel; MemDisk, tool to boot legacy OSs (e.g., DOS) from nontraditional media. http://syslinux.zytor.com/

zBoot Manager An effective boot manager, which allows the easy install and use of multiple operating systems on a single hard drive. Directly install other OSs to extended partitions and logic drivers. http://www.zbmsoft.com