Index: grub-1.98/util/grub-install.in =================================================================== --- grub-1.98.orig/util/grub-install.in 2011-01-25 23:47:05.587521825 -0600 +++ grub-1.98/util/grub-install.in 2011-01-25 23:47:23.867521822 -0600 @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ if [ "x${devabstraction_module}" = "x" ] ; then if [ x"${install_device}" != x ]; then - if echo "${install_device}" | grep -qx "(.*)" ; then + if echo "${install_device}" | grep -q "(.*)" ; then install_drive="${install_device}" else install_drive="`$grub_probe --target=drive --device ${install_device}`"