Alternative to grub

On my nettop (nvidia ion) grub takes ~2 min to load (). Can I use some alternative bootloader to work around this issue? How to set it up?

2 Answers

In addition to the @13east answer, there is the very good and very simple rEFInd.

I also want to share the very good answer of @mikeserv on Unix & Linux Stackexchange to a similar question Is GRUB the best bootloading solution? Is there an easier alternative?.

Finally if you are looking for more exotic choices you can take a look on alternativeto.

Some alternatives to GRUB would be:

1. BURG = Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB
2. GAG = initials in spanish of Graphical Boot Manager
3. LILO = LInux LOader
4. Syslinux = lightweight bootloaders for MS-DOS FAT filesystems and Linux ext2/ext3/ext4 or btrfs filesystems (EXTLINUX)

If you're having problems with GRUB, I would recommend staying away from grapical bootloaders like BURG and GAG but you can try them all to see which fits your needs.