discussion: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/28/1748214&tid=117&tid=190&tid=106
	    "The Boot Loader Showdown"
	    about http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bootload.html?ca=dgr-lnxw01LILOandGRUB
	    comparison of XOSL, NTLDR, Lilo, Grub, linux: http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=160345&threshold=1&commentsort=0&tid=117&tid=190&tid=106&mode=thread&cid=13422357

windows bootloader: dd first 512 bytes of a partition to a file and add that file as a valid target in C:\boot.ini
 (or use the bootpart utility to do it for you).
dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/mnt/cpart/linux.mbr bs=512 count=1

[Boot Loader]
Timeout=5
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT 
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\linux.mbr = "Linux"

gag is x86-specific

grub has to understand the file system where the "stage2" files are
grub is interactive
grub has its own Hurd notion of disk paths
once installed in the MDR, you can get to where you want by typing

to boot windows from grub fooling windows into thinking it is on a primary drive:
title Windows XP
        map (hd0) (hd1)
        map (hd1) (hd0)
        rootnoverify (hd1,0)
        makeactive
        chainloader +1

lilo has no interactive command prompt
lilo will not do a network boot
lilo keeps the OS info in the MBR itself

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_loader

grub2: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2.en.html

xosl