# Petitboot - A kexec-based bootloader Petitboot is a bootloader designed to run in a Linux environment for OPAL on PowerPC/POWER machines and the Playstation 3. Development - Petitboot's home is at [ozlabs.org](http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=petitboot); clone it with ` git clone git://git.ozlabs.org/petitboot ` Development and discussion occurs on the Petitboot mailing list: [petitboot@lists.ozlabs.org](https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/petitboot) Building - For an example of building Petitboot for distribution in a Linux image, see [op-build](https://github.com/open-power/op-build/tree/master/openpower/package/petitboot) To build locally for development/debug (with the ncurses UI for example): ``` ./bootstrap ./configure --with-twin-x11=no --with-twin-fbdev=no make ```