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  <title>Bootloaders</title>

  <para>There are many different bootloaders.  Creating detailed instructions on
    how to use even the more popular ones is difficult as each architecture and
    board often has different levels of support or configuration options within
    each bootloader.  Often, development kits will ship with a bootloader
    already configured, if your board comes with a bootloader pre-configured,
    it's best to start using that and then venture on to building the bootloader
    yourself later.</para>

<para>A few of the popular bootloaders include:</para>

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  <varlistentry>
    <term>Barebox</term>
    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://barebox.org/" /></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>CoLo</term>
    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.colonel-panic.org/cobalt-mips/" /></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>GNU GRUB</term>
    <listitem><para><ulink url="https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/" /></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>Syslinux</term>
    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project" /></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

  <varlistentry>
    <term>u-boot</term>
    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot" /></para></listitem>
  </varlistentry>

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