Plop Boot Manager

{{Short description|Bootloader for personal computer}}

The Plop Boot Manager is a proprietary bootloader written by Elmar Hanlhofer. Plop Boot Manager can make computers boot from media that the original BIOS has no support for, such as USB or IDE CD/DVDs.{{Cite web |last=Schroder |first=Carla |date=2011-05-13 |title=Weekend Project: Use the Plop Boot Manager to Boot Older Computers from USB |url=https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/weekend-project-use-plop-boot-manager-boot-older-computers-usb/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Linux.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Michael |title=Using Plop Boot Manager for USB Boot|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/using-plop-boot-manager-usb-boot |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Linux Journal |language=en}} Optionally, Plop can be installed directly onto the hard disk of a computer.{{Cite web |last=Proven |first=Liam |title=Plop Boot Manager boots PCs off media they can't start from |url=https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/07/plop_boot_manager_boot_a/ |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=The Register |language=en}}