We've compiled a list of 9 free and paid alternatives to petitboot. The primary competitors include GRUB, Libreboot. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between petitboot and SeaBios, Chimera, Chameleon Bootloader. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.
We've compiled a list of 9 free and paid alternatives to petitboot. The primary competitors include GRUB, Libreboot. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between petitboot and SeaBios, Chimera, Chameleon Bootloader. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.
Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec warm reboot mechanism.
Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec warm reboot mechanism.
petitboot Platforms
Linux
petitboot Overview
Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec warm reboot mechanism. Petitboot supports loading kernel, initrd and device tree files from any Linux mountable filesystem, plus can load files from the network using the FTP, SFTP, TFTP, NFS, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Petitboot can boot any operating system that includes kexec boot support.
Petitboot includes an ncurses based user interface program. This user interface program can be used to boot the system remotely via telnet or ssh sessions. Multiple user interface programs can run simultaneously.