In particular, 'Syslinux' is a collection of boot
loaders that includes 'SYSLINUX', 'ISOLINUX', 'EXTLINUX' and 'PXELINUX'
syslinux has pretty much taken a more minimalist
approach, whereas GRUB was much more extensive. GRUB also supports different
filesystems through the use of a secondary loader. If memory serves, syslinux
supports a few formats and doesn't require a secondary boot loader.
If you want to install a Linux distribution on a local
drive, use GRUB. If you want to create a bootable media, use Syslinux. This is
not a general recipe, as you can use Syslinux on local installs.
Syslinux isn’t a single bootloader, rather it is a
collection of lightweight bootloaders. SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux
operating system which runs on an MS-DOS/Windows FAT filesystem. It is intended
to simplify first-time installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and
other special purpose boot disks.
GRUB was initially developed by Erich Boleyn as part
of work on booting the operating system GNU/Hurd, developed by the Free
Software Foundation. In 1999, Gordon Matzigkeit and Yoshinori K. Okuji made
GRUB an official software package of the GNU Project and opened the development
process to the public
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