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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available bootloaders.

General information

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  1. While most parts of GRUB4DOS are under GPL-2.0-or-later, the whole software is limited to GPL-2.0-only due to incorporating some code from Linux.[2]
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Note: The column MBR (Master Boot Record) refers to whether or not the boot loader can be stored in the first sector of a mass storage device. The column VBR (Volume Boot Record) refers to the ability of the boot loader to be stored in the first sector of any partition on a mass storage device.

Storage medium support

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Operating system support

More information Name, Can boot ...

File-system support

Non-journaled

More information Name, FAT ...

Journaled

More information Name, NTFS ...

Read-only

More information Name, cpio ...

Other features

More information Name, Advanced command ...
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