<s>
quik	B-Application
is	O
a	O
boot	B-Operating_System
loader	I-Operating_System
designed	O
to	O
start	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
PowerPC	B-Architecture
systems	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Old	B-Device
World	I-Device
ROM	I-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
Paul	O
Mackerras	O
,	O
and	O
portions	O
of	O
its	O
code	O
were	O
reused	O
in	O
all	O
other	O
Linux	B-Application
boot	B-Operating_System
loaders	I-Operating_System
for	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
including	O
the	O
one	O
known	O
as	O
BootX	B-Application
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	O
X	O
boot	B-Operating_System
loader	I-Operating_System
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
dependent	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quik	B-Application
's	O
loader	O
boots	O
from	O
Open	B-Architecture
Firmware	I-Architecture
and	O
bypasses	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	O
entirely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	B-Device
World	I-Device
ROM	I-Device
systems	O
use	O
yaboot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
systems	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
Open	B-Architecture
Firmware	I-Architecture
;	O
older	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
hardware	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
NuBus	B-Device
architecture	O
must	O
boot	B-Operating_System
into	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	O
first	O
and	O
then	O
use	O
a	O
separate	O
boot	B-Operating_System
loader	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quik	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
method	O
of	O
booting	B-Operating_System
Linux	B-Application
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Network	I-Device
Server	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
iQUIK	O
is	O
a	O
maintained	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
quik	B-Application
bootloader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
the	O
original	O
follows	O
a	O
LILO-like	O
booting	B-Operating_System
model	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
second	O
stage	O
embedded	O
inside	O
an	O
OS	O
partition	O
,	O
iQUIK	O
normally	O
boots	O
using	O
its	O
second	O
stage	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
non-partitionmap	O
partition	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
