FOSSwire: Restoring an Overwritten GRUB Boot Loader
http://fosswire.com/post/2009/5/restoring-overwritten-grub/
Arduino Diecimila / Burning the Bootloader without AVR-Writer
http://www.geocities.jp/arduino_diecimila/bootloader/index_en.html
How To Create A Custom Splashimage For GRUB | MakeUseOf.com
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-create-a-custom-splashimage-for-grub/

Almost all the popular Linux distributions use the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) as the bootloader of choice these days. If you have been experimenting