Open Source ChromeOS Boot Software

Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files. With Ventoy, you don't need to format the disk over and over, you just need to copy the ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files to the USB drive and boot them directly. You can copy many files at a time and Ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. You can also browse ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files in local disks and boot them. x86 Legacy BIOS, IA32 UEFI, x86_64 UEFI, ARM64 UEFI and MIPS64EL UEFI are supported in the same way. Most types of OS supported (Windows/WinPE/Linux/ChromeOS/Unix/VMware/Xen...) 1100+ ISO files are tested, 90%+ distros in distrowatch.com supported.

rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs.

GAG is a graphical boot manager, designed to be easy-to-use and intuitive, but without loosing advanced features, like passwords or swapping drives.

TeutonPE is inspired by PortableApps.com combined with a PeBuilder compiled Boot USB / CD. Programs can be used, even when there is no OS installed. BB4win is used for Live Menu and as the default Shell.All Plugins are also BartPE & XPE compatible

Dibbler is a portable DHCPv6 implementation. Is supports stateful (i.e. IPv6 address granting) as well as stateless (i.e. option granting) autoconfiguration for IPv6. Linux 2.4/2.6/3.0, Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8 (experimental for NT4/2000), Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD.

Ranish Boot and Partitioning Tools

Committed to the development of fundamental ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) components for Linux. This includes a generic ACPI table parser, AML interpreter, bus and device drivers, policy, user interface, and support tools.

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

Multi Boot Manager allow chang the boot, this version need be insert into MASTER BOOT RECORD (MBR, track 0, side 0, sector 0), and the original content need be insert into last sector (Sector B3F or Physical address Track 4f, Side 1, Sector 12h). Made in

FreeBSD Control Center is a tool that provides a graphical environment for configuration, tuning and making services available in an few clicks of the mouse.

FORTH for embedded PPC (IBM40x supported). Currently written in assembler (ASL dialect). Used for monitor or loading other programs via S-Records.

DruidBSD is a FreeBSD micro-distribution that supports CD/DVD, USB, and HD booting into a Live BSD Distribution.

The netboot project allows booting a diskless PC over a TCP/IP based network using standard protocols like BOOTP, DHCP and TFTP. It is able to boot Linux, FreeBSD, multiple DOS variants (including MS-DOS, PC-DOS, PTS-DOS, OpenDOS, NovellDOS, FreeDOS)

Boot loader and FLASH burner for the Motorola 68360 processor (aka Power QUICC). Based on CoLILO linux loader for Motorola Coldfire processors, however this boot loader is OS independent. Supports systems with multiple FLASH devices, runs from RAM for f

ARMboot is an Open-Source firmware suite for ARM based platforms. ARMboot is heavily based on the sister-project PPCboot, which provides similar functionality on PowerPC based systems. ARMboot shall be a common, easy-to-use and easy-to-port boot platform

Amacdys is a single floppy operating system for playing mp3 CDs. Or Amacdys is bootable mp3 player, that fits into single floppy.

BIOS for Samsung S3C4510B based boards. You can use it to setup CPU/ROM/SDRAM/EXTIO, manage and burn flash, load OS kernel and pass arguments to OS kernel (now only uClinux).

Platform - independent implementation of Bart's Cdrpack (http://www.nu2.nu) to simplify building of MultibootCD using Boot Scriptor and others. BuildMultiboot is entirely written in Java using Swing and only needs cdrecord/mkisofs and a bourne shell to r

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

Covert Linux is technology of instalation for Linux without repartition the disk and running from native system, e.g. you can install Linux from ,say, Windows by grabbing some SETUP.EXE, launching it and then clicking on desktop icon.

gives remote control of a PC running MS-DOS (which e.g. does not have a monitor display attached to it). The screen image (currently text mode only) is taken from the graphics card and transferred to other computer via serial link and displayed there

EfiPy is a Python Module on UEFI shell which can access UEFI BIOS kernel interface - System Table - Runtime Services - Boot Services pAnalyzer package - Tracing UEFI protocol calling flow Output protocol flow to screen or file with XML format CorePy (assembly package) - Simple Assembly code in Python environment. EfiPy Shell package- Simple uefi shell program coded with EfiPy library to prove EfiPy workable EfiPy leverage these open source packages - ctypes, CorePy. Samples https://sourceforge.net/u/efipy/svn/HEAD/tree/Trunk/ EfiPy Author: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-wu-a9068b90/

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.

JTAG-O-MAT is a simple but highly configurable command line tool for Win32 and Linux based PCs, mainly used to upload initial software to virgin embedded system via a JTAG interface.

This is a java version of the famous fortune game from BSD. I am writing this program in java so that people can have a platform independent version of this great utility. I am also hoping to add some features and make jfortune fun to use.