One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

You might have heard about this old adage - "boot access==root access". It is indeed true! Any one who can access the boot loader can easily get the root access to ...

The Stage 1 of Bootloader is a 512 bytes code located at the first sector of boot device. The BIOS on startup loads this sector starting at memory address 7C00:0000 and starts executing the code in 16 ...

Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI ...

Operating system maintainers, computer manufacturers, security and virtualization software vendors have worked together over the past few months to coordinate a unified response to a vulnerability ...

The GRUB2 bootloader is plagued by a serious vulnerability that can be exploited to bypass password protection and compromise the targeted computer. The GRUB2 bootloader is plagued by a serious ...

A critical vulnerability in the Shim Linux bootloader enables attackers to execute code and take control of a target system before the kernel is loaded, bypassing existing security mechanisms. Shim is ...

##This information has now been superseded. Please see the page on the stm32duino bootloader in the wiki. Details from @ahull on the Arduino forum on how its possible ...

Linux distros handle most GRUB installations automatically. GRUB is easy to configure when necessary. Excellent documentation, both from the GRUB project and various Linux distribution projects, ...

Getting Linux to boot and install on PCs locked down with Windows 8's UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot continues to be annoying at best and downright impossible in some cases.