There’s a new bootloader available for the PinePhone, and it’s small, speedy, and has a graphical user interface that allows you to choose between different operating systems when you start up the ...

Memory handling issues in U-Boot open-source bootloader for embedded devices make possible multiple exploitation techniques that lead to arbitrary code execution. U-Boot, short for the Universal Boot ...

One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

Flaws in Das U-Boot affect third-party hardware that uses the universal bootloader as an underlying component. Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Das U-Boot, a universal bootloader commonly ...

This tutorial provides a general description of updating Linux-based firmware and illustrates it with some specific implementations. First, consider the sections of the memory system (Figure 1) and ...

For obvious security reasons, Android requires users to take a number of steps before it should be possible to unlock a smartphone’s bootloader and boot a modified firmware image. But with the OnePlus ...

Setting up a Raspberry Pi board has always required a second computer, which is used to flash your operating system of choice to an SD card so your Pi can boot. But ...

LG’s bootloader unlock tool now supports the U.S. version of the G5, though it’s important to note that this is just in relation to the unlocked model of the U.S. version, and not the carrier-branded ...

I'm trying to set up a dual booting FC4 on a machine which can't use GRUB... GRUB just doesn't work on it.<BR><BR>The installation is successful, but when I go to boot, it just boots Windows. Booting ...

Andy Merrett has been using mobile phones since the days when they only made voice calls. Since then he has worked his way through a huge number of Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson models. Andy is a ...