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BootX is the name of the boot loader used on Apple's PowerPC-based Macintosh computers to load Mac OS X. BootX locates the operating system kernel and the drivers necessary to start the operating system, loads them into system memory, and launches the kernel. It is part of the Darwin operating system layer and is open source under the APSL. An equivalent for Intel Macs has yet to be released.

BootX is also the name of a graphical bootloader developed by Benjamin Herrenschmidt, which runs as an application or an extension to Mac OS 8 and 9 that allows Old World Apple computers to boot Linux. It is no longer maintained by its original author, as it does not work with any current hardware, but it is still available, and further development may be possible. It is one of three Linux bootloaders which may be be used on most Old World Apple computers, the others being miBoot (included, but also independently enhanced by Jeff Carr of LinuxPPC, Inc.), and quik [1]. Newer Macs (iMacs or later) require a different bootloader, yaboot.

Finally, BootX was also the name of anti-virus software for the Amiga between 1989 and 1994.

External links

MacOS X BootX:

Apple Developer Connection: The Boot Process
Booting Mac OS X at kernelthread.com

LinuxPPC BootX:

The BootX Bootloader at penguinppc.org

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 '''BootX''' is the name of the [[booting|boot loader]] used on [[Apple Computer|Apple]]'s [[PowerPC]]-based [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computers to load [[Mac OS X]].  BootX locates the operating system [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]] and the  drivers necessary to start the operating system, loads them into system memory, and launches the kernel. It is part of the [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]] operating system layer and is [[open source]] under the [[Apple Public Source License|APSL]]. An equivalent for Intel Macs has yet to be released.
-BootX is also the name of a graphical bootloader developed by [[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]], which runs as an application or an extension to [[Mac OS 8]] and [[Mac OS 9|9]] that allows [[Old World ROM|Old World]] Apple computers to boot [[Linux]]. It is no longer maintained, as it does not work with any current hardware, but it is still available; it has, however, been replaced with a newer bootloader known as [[quik (boot loader)|quik]] [http://www.penguinppc.org/bootloaders/quik/]. [[New World ROM|Newer]] Macs (iMacs or later) require a different bootloader, [[yaboot]].
+BootX is also the name of a graphical bootloader developed by [[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]], which runs as an application or an extension to [[Mac OS 8]] and [[Mac OS 9|9]] that allows [[Old World ROM|Old World]] Apple computers to boot [[Linux]]. It is no longer maintained by its original author, as it does not work with any current hardware, but it is still available, and further development may be possible. It is one of three [[Linux]] bootloaders which may be be used on most [[Old World ROM|Old World]] Apple computers, the others being miBoot (included, but also independently enhanced by Jeff Carr of LinuxPPC, Inc.), and [[quik (boot loader)|quik]] [http://www.penguinppc.org/bootloaders/quik/]. [[New World ROM|Newer]] Macs (iMacs or later) require a different bootloader, [[yaboot]].
 Finally, BootX was also the name of [[anti-virus]] software for the [[Amiga]] between 1989 and 1994.