<s>
BootManager	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
BootMan	B-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
and	O
BeOS	B-Application
boot	B-Application
loader	I-Application
on	O
x86	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
resides	O
solely	O
in	O
the	O
master	B-Device
boot	I-Device
record	I-Device
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
installing	O
Haiku	B-Language
or	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
although	O
it	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
from	O
Haiku	B-Language
or	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
BeOS	B-Application
predecessor	O
was	O
BootMan	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
as	O
BootManager	B-Application
by	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
filesystem	B-Application
agnostic	O
,	O
and	O
boots	B-Operating_System
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
being	O
booted	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
boot	B-Operating_System
virtually	O
any	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
chainload	B-Operating_System
GRUB	B-Application
,	O
LILO	B-Application
and	O
NTLDR	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
being	O
independent	O
of	O
an	O
OS	O
prevents	O
it	O
from	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
boot	B-Operating_System
any	O
disks	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
accessible	O
via	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
I/O	B-General_Concept
routines	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
INT	B-Device
13H	I-Device
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
disk-in-a-file	O
images	O
on	O
FAT32	B-Application
,	O
NTFS	B-Application
or	O
ext2	B-Application
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bootman	B-Application
appeared	O
in	O
BeOS	B-Application
R4.0	O
,	O
replacing	O
LILO	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
R3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Installing	O
,	O
configuring	O
,	O
and	O
uninstalling	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
solely	O
by	O
a	O
graphical	O
application	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
Bootman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
also	O
create	O
an	O
MBR	B-Device
restoration	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
without	O
modifying	O
the	O
current	O
MBR	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Haiku	B-Language
Alpha	O
3	O
,	O
Bootman	B-Application
was	O
rewritten	O
and	O
renamed	O
to	O
BootManager	B-Application
.	O
</s>
