各种bootloader的比较

Features

Name		It can reside in			Boot from								Can boot
		only	/			Second								/
		?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
		?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
BootIt Next Generation		?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
		No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
	?	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	Yes	Yes	No (boots )	No (boots )	No (boots or )	?	?	?	?
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes
		?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	Yes (FreeBSD)	?
		Yes (SafeBoot)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No (calls NTLDR)	No (calls Windows Boot Manager)	No (calls GRUB or LILO)	No (calls bootloader)	No (calls bootloader)	No (calls bootloader)	No
		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (calls NTLDR)	No (calls Windows Boot Manager)	Yes	No (calls )	Yes	Yes	Yes
		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (calls NTLDR)	No (calls Windows Boot Manager)	Yes	?	?	?	?
]		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	No (calls NTLDR)	?	Yes	?	?	Yes (calls biosboot) (FreeBSD, PC-BSD, ...)	?
		No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	?
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No (Calls GRUB4DOS)	?	?	?	No (Calls Darwin bootloader)
		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (calls GRUB or LILO)	?	?	?	?
		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Open source	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
	Open source	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
		?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (calls NTLDR)	No (calls Windows Boot Manager)	Yes	?	?	?	?
		?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	?	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	?	?	Yes	No (calls NTLDR)	Yes	No (calls GRUB or LILO)	?	?	?	?
(ReactOS Boot Loader)		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Partial	No (calls Windows Boot Manager)	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
Name		It can reside in			Boot from								Can boot
		only	/			Second								/

Name	advanced command	scriptable	supported device	supported architecture	supported filesystem	supported OS	supported executable	supported protocol	supported decompression	others
	Yes	No	?	i386(pc)	FAT16, FAT32, Minix fs, Linux ext2fs, ReiserFS, JFS, XFS, VSTa fs	FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux	ELF	TFTP	gzip
	Yes	Yes	?	i386(pc, coreboot, olpc, mac), powerpc(mac, pegasos II), Sun UltraSparc(Sparc v9)	ext2, ext3, ext4, ufs, minix, iso9660, udf, jfs, hfs, hfs+, afs, affs, sfs, xfs, reiserfs, tar, cpio, ntfs, FAT16, FAT32	Linux(pc, mac), FreeBSD(pc), OpenBSD(pc), NetBSD(pc)	?	?	?
	No	No	?	i386(pc)	ext2, ext3, ffs, ffs2, iso9660, jfs, minix, ntfs, reiserfs, vfat, etc...	?	?	?	bzip2, gzip
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	No	No	?	PowerPC(Open Firmware)	ext2, ext3, ?	GNU/Linux, ?	?	?	?
	yes	yes (boot only)	?	ARM, Coldfire, H8300, x86, Freescale/Motorola 68000, MIPS, PPC, SH, SPARC, SPARCLite	JFFS2	Linux, eCos	ELF	TFTP, serial (X-modem)	gzip
	Yes	Yes	?	PPC, ARM, AVR32, Blackfin, Coldfire, IXP, Leon2, m68k, MicroBlaze, MIPS, NIOS, NIOS2, PXA, x86, StrongARM, SH2, SH3, SH4, ...	FAT, VFAT, ext2, ext3, jffs2, cramfs, reiserfs, yaffs2, ubifs, nfs	4_4bsd, Artos, Dell, Esix, FreeBSD, Irix, Linux, LynxOS, NCR, NetBSD, OpenBSD, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, SCO, Solaris, SVR4, U-Boot, VXworks	ELF, U-Boot image format	TFTP, NFS, serial (S-Record, Y-Modem, Kermit binary protocol)	bzip2, gzip
kboot	?	?	?	i386	most supported by Linux Kernel (ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, etc..)	Linux	?	HTTP, FTP, TFTP	?	SSH, NFS support. kexec-based bootloader.
Runnix	?	?	?	?	?	Linux	?	?	?	kexec and syslinux based bootloader.
kexec-loader	No	No	?	i386	most supported by Linux Kernel (ext2, ext3, ext4, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, etc..)	Linux/multiboot	?	No networking	gzip (for kernel modules)	Kernel/multiboot module support
	No	No	?	i386(pc)	?	Windows	?	?	?	default bootloader on Windows NT
FREELDR	No	No	?	i386(pc), arm, powerpc	ext2, fat12, fat16, fat32, iso, ntfs	ReactOS, Linux, Windows NT 4.0, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003	?	?	?	clone of NTLDR
boot0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	FreeBSD's bootloader
extipl	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	IBM IPL upper compatible
Multiple Boot Manager	?	?	?	?	?	PC DOS, MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, BeOS, B-right/V, Solaris, OPENSTEP, Plan 9, EOTA	?	?	?
bootloader	?	?	?	?	?	Rockbox	?	?	?
bootload (Technologic Systems)	?	?	?	ARM	?	Linux	?	?	?
Name	advanced command	scriptable	supported device	supported architecture	supported filesystem	supported OS	supported executable	supported protocol	supported decompression	others