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iBoot. iBoot is the stage 2 bootloader for all Apple products. [3] It replaces the old bootloader, BootX. Compared with its predecessor, iBoot improves authentication performed in the boot chain. [2] For x86 -based Macs, the boot process starts by running code stored in secured UEFI Boot ROM (stage 1).
The SYSLINUX bootloader can be used to boot multiple distributions from a single source such as a USB stick. A minor complication is involved when booting from compact discs. The El Torito standard allows booting in two different modes: No emulation – Requires storing the boot information directly on the CD. ISOLINUX is suitable for this mode.
Ubuntu version history. Ubuntu releases are made semiannually by Canonical Ltd, its developers, using the year and month of the release as a version number. The first Ubuntu release, for example, was Ubuntu 4.10 and was released on 20 October 2004. [1] [2] Consequently, version numbers for future versions are provisional; if the release is ...
GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader, commonly referred to as GRUB) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project.GRUB is the reference implementation of the Free Software Foundation's Multiboot Specification, which provides a user the choice to boot one of multiple operating systems installed on a computer or select a specific kernel configuration available on a particular ...
iOS jailbreaking. iOS jailbreaking is the use of a privilege escalation exploit to remove software restrictions imposed by Apple on devices running iOS and iOS-based [a] operating systems. It is typically done through a series of kernel patches. A jailbroken device typically permits root access within the operating system and provides the right ...
OpeniBoot is an open source implementation of Apple 's closed source bootloader iBoot. It allows the booting of unsigned code on supported iDevices (such as Linux kernels). It also allows to download and install the Android operating system on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It can be controlled via OpeniBoot console (oibc) which can be connected ...
Bootloader unlocking is the process of disabling the bootloader security that makes secure boot possible. It can make advanced customizations possible, such as installing a custom firmware. On smartphones this can be a custom Android distribution or another mobile operating system. Some bootloaders are not locked at all, others can be unlocked ...
In June 2022, software developers Konrad Dybcio and Markuss Broks managed to run Linux kernel 5.18 on a iPad Air 2. The project made use of the Alpine Linux based Linux distribution called postmarketOS, which is primarily developed for Android devices. The developer suggested that they used the checkm8 exploit which was published back in 2019.