The Syslinux Project is a suite of five different boot loaders for starting up Linux distros on computers.

SYSLINUX was originally meant for rescue floppy disks, live USBs, or other lightweight environments.

Since version 3.72 ISOLINUX supports the creation of so-called "hybrid ISO" images, that put both the El Torito boot record of the compact discs and the master boot record of hard disks into an ISO image .

[4] This bootstrap program loads and configures an operating system kernel that puts the user in control of the computer.

[5] Typically, PXELINUX is used for performing Linux installations from a central network server or for booting diskless workstations.