Plop Boot Manager

The Plop Boot Manager is a proprietary bootloader written by Elmar Hanlhofer. Plop Boot Manager can make computers boot from media that the original BIOS has no support for, such as USB or IDE CD/DVDs.^[1]^[2] Optionally, Plop can be installed directly onto the hard disk of a computer.^[3]

References

^ Schroder, Carla (2011-05-13). "Weekend Project: Use the Plop Boot Manager to Boot Older Computers from USB". Linux.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
^ Reed, Michael. "Using Plop Boot Manager for USB Boot | Linux Journal". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
^ Proven, Liam. "Plop Boot Manager boots PCs off media they can't start from". The Register. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

External links

Official website

Firmware and booting

Processes

Windows
- 9x
- NT
Linux
- Android

Booting firmware

Types	Proprietary firmware Open-source firmware Custom firmware
Interfaces	UEFI BIOS Video BIOS Open Firmware ACPI MultiProcessor Specification APM Legacy Plug and Play AlphaBIOS SRM SFI
Implementations	SeaBIOS Award BIOS American Megatrends AMIBIOS AMI Aptio InsydeH2O Phoenix SecureCore UEFI TianoCore EDK II OpenBIOS Coreboot Libreboot LinuxBoot Kickstart Run-Time Abstraction Services

Hybrid firmware bootloader

Bootloaders

Implementations	Acronis OS Selector Barebox BootManager BootX (Apple) BootX (Linux) GNU GRUB iBoot systemd-boot loadlin NTLDR OpeniBoot RedBoot rEFInd rEFIt SYSLINUX Windows Boot Manager xOSL Yaboot Plop Boot Manager MILO