diff -Naur grub-0.96.orig/stage2/char_io.c grub-0.96/stage2/char_io.c
--- grub-0.96.orig/stage2/char_io.c     2005-11-02 12:28:46.000000000 -0600
+++ grub-0.96/stage2/char_io.c  2005-11-02 12:31:57.000000000 -0600
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 int
-memcheck (int addr, int len)
+memcheck (unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
 #ifdef GRUB_UTIL
 # ifdef __PIC__
@@ -1226,9 +1226,9 @@
     return ! errnum;
 #  endif
 # else /* __PIC__ */
-  auto int start_addr(void);
-
-  auto int start_addr (void)
+  auto unsigned long start_addr(void);
+
+  auto unsigned long start_addr (void)
     {
       int ret;
 #  if defined(HAVE_START_SYMBOL)
@@ -1241,9 +1241,9 @@
       return ret;
     }

-  auto int end_addr(void);
+  auto unsigned long end_addr(void);

-  auto int end_addr (void)
+  auto unsigned long end_addr (void)
     {
       int ret;
 #  if defined(HAVE_END_SYMBOL)
diff -Naur grub-0.96.orig/stage2/shared.h grub-0.96/stage2/shared.h
--- grub-0.96.orig/stage2/shared.h      2005-11-02 12:28:46.000000000 -0600
+++ grub-0.96/stage2/shared.h   2005-11-02 12:32:41.000000000 -0600
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@
 int nul_terminate (char *str);
 int get_based_digit (int c, int base);
 int safe_parse_maxint (char **str_ptr, int *myint_ptr);
-int memcheck (int start, int len);
+int memcheck (unsigned long start, unsigned long len);
 void grub_putstr (const char *str);

 #ifndef NO_DECOMPRESSION