--- title: Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader | daily.dev description: The post discusses the importance of the bootloader in an operating system, the differences between BIOS and UEFI, and alternative options for bootloaders. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the importance of the bootloader in an operating system, the differences between BIOS and UEFI, and alternative options for bootloaders. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Qk0iAliWh.png og:image:alt: Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 13 min read · 42 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The post discusses the importance of the bootloader in an operating system, the differences between BIOS and UEFI, and alternative options for bootloaders. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ivainqueur** · 1 upvotes > DAMN! Can't wait to try this out! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#bootloader](https://daily.dev/tags/bootloader), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#golang](https://daily.dev/tags/golang) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh"},"datePublished":"2023-04-29T17:19:15.945Z","dateModified":"2026-06-25T02:15:45.773Z","description":"The post discusses the importance of the bootloader in an operating system, the differences between BIOS and UEFI, and alternative options for bootloaders.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/908200f8c859334c1a223f7743e6328b?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/908200f8c859334c1a223f7743e6328b?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":42},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"bootloader,general-programming,golang","timeRequired":"PT13M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Writing an OS in Go: The Bootloader"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-an-os-in-go-the-bootloader-qk0ialiwh","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"DAMN! 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