Some bootloaders that I tried after installing OpenBSD (unsuccessfully)
- Gag is very simple to use and can be installed directly onto a floppy preventing from overwriting the disks MBR.
- GRUB The GRand Unifier Bootloader is what I ended up using because of its grub-shell feature that makes it interesting (it is possible to access files from the partitions without even booting the OS!).
In order to run properly off the hard disk, two "stages" need to be installed on a partition, stage1 is some kind of independent MBR that allows to point to the stage2 which is the actual piece of application.
Grub Howto in French
- The Ranish partition manager
- OSBS boot manager.
The Ranish partition manager page has some interesting links on boot management and sequence. One of them was very informative
http://www.mossywell.com/boot-sequence/
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