What is a Boot Loader?: When a computer is powered on, the first thing that usually happens is a power-on self-test (POST). After that a boot loader (or bootstrap loader) is executed. The boot loader is responsible for loading the operating system kernel and transferring control to the kernel.

A multiboot boot loader (e.g., GRUB) allows the user to choose which operating kernel shoul be loaded and executed.

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