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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

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


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