17.2 Various loader commands

These commands are used to load necessary components to boot desired OS. Many of the loader commands are not sufficiently documented. The following is a list of commands that could use more documentation:

• appleloader - Boot BIOS-based system.
• freedos - Load FreeDOS kernel.sys.
• kfreebsd_loadenv - Load FreeBSD env.
• kfreebsd_module_elf - Load FreeBSD kernel module (ELF).
• kfreebsd_module - Load FreeBSD kernel module.
• kfreebsd - Load kernel of FreeBSD.
• knetbsd_module_elf - Load NetBSD kernel module (ELF).
• knetbsd_module - Load NetBSD kernel module.
• knetbsd - Load kernel of NetBSD.
• kopenbsd - Load kernel of OpenBSD.
• kopenbsd_ramdisk - Load kOpenBSD ramdisk.
• legacy_initrd_nounzip - Simulate grub-legacy ‘modulenounzip’ command
• legacy_initrd - Simulate grub-legacy ‘initrd’ command
• legacy_kernel - Simulate grub-legacy ‘kernel’ command
• module2 - Load a multiboot 2 module.
• module - Load a multiboot module.
• multiboot2 - Load a multiboot 2 kernel.
• multiboot - Load a multiboot kernel.
• ntldr - Load NTLDR or BootMGR.
• plan9 - Load Plan9 kernel.
• pxechainloader - Load a PXE image.
• truecrypt - Load Truecrypt ISO.
• xnu_kernel64 - Load 64-bit XNU image.
• xnu_kernel - Load XNU image.
• xnu_kextdir - Load XNU extension directory.
• xnu_kext - Load XNU extension.
• xnu_mkext - Load XNU extension package.
• xnu_ramdisk - Load XNU ramdisk. It will be available in OS as md0.
• xnu_resume - Load an image of hibernated XNU.
• xnu_splash - Load a splash image for XNU.