# Bootloaders

There are many different bootloaders. Creating detailed instructions on how to use even the more popular ones is difficult as each architecture and board often has different levels of support or configuration options within each bootloader. Often, development kits will ship with a bootloader already configured, if your board comes with a bootloader pre-configured, it's best to start using that and then venture on to building the bootloader yourself later.

A few of the popular bootloaders include:

Barebox

CoLo

GNU GRUB

Syslinux

u-boot