diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/grub/Makefile.am grub-0.95.20040823.patched/grub/Makefile.am
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/grub/Makefile.am	2004-08-24 02:21:31.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/grub/Makefile.am	2005-01-23 16:43:56.529095704 +0200
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	$(SERIAL_FLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir)/stage2 \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/stage1 -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
 
-AM_CFLAGS = $(GRUB_CFLAGS) -fwritable-strings
+AM_CFLAGS = $(GRUB_CFLAGS)
 
 grub_SOURCES = main.c asmstub.c
 grub_LDADD = ../stage2/libgrub.a  ../lib/libcommon.a $(GRUB_LIBS)
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/grub/Makefile.in grub-0.95.20040823.patched/grub/Makefile.in
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/grub/Makefile.in	2004-08-24 02:21:31.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/grub/Makefile.in	2005-01-23 16:43:56.530095552 +0200
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 	$(SERIAL_FLAGS) -I$(top_srcdir)/stage2 \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/stage1 -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
 
-AM_CFLAGS = $(GRUB_CFLAGS) -fwritable-strings
+AM_CFLAGS = $(GRUB_CFLAGS)
 grub_SOURCES = main.c asmstub.c
 grub_LDADD = ../stage2/libgrub.a  ../lib/libcommon.a $(GRUB_LIBS)
 all: all-am
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/lib/device.c grub-0.95.20040823.patched/lib/device.c
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/lib/device.c	2004-08-24 02:21:30.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/lib/device.c	2005-01-23 16:24:39.960920792 +0200
@@ -828,9 +828,11 @@
 is_disk_device (char **map, int drive)
 {
   struct stat st;
+  int retval;
   
   assert (map[drive] != 0);
-  assert (stat (map[drive], &st) == 0);
+  retval = stat (map[drive], &st);
+  assert (retval == 0);
   /* For now, disk devices under Linux are all block devices.  */
   return S_ISBLK (st.st_mode);
 }
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/boot.c grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/boot.c
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/boot.c	2004-08-24 02:21:32.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/boot.c	2005-01-23 16:36:16.113089576 +0200
@@ -824,8 +824,11 @@
     moveto = (mbi.mem_upper + 0x400) << 10;
   
   moveto = (moveto - len) & 0xfffff000;
-  max_addr = (lh->header == LINUX_MAGIC_SIGNATURE && lh->version >= 0x0203
-	      ? lh->initrd_addr_max : LINUX_INITRD_MAX_ADDRESS);
+  max_addr = LINUX_INITRD_MAX_ADDRESS;
+  if (lh->header == LINUX_MAGIC_SIGNATURE &&
+      lh->version >= 0x0203 &&
+      lh->initrd_addr_max < max_addr)
+    max_addr = lh->initrd_addr_max;
   if (moveto + len >= max_addr)
     moveto = (max_addr - len) & 0xfffff000;
   
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/builtins.c grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/builtins.c
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/builtins.c	2004-08-24 02:21:32.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/builtins.c	2005-01-23 16:27:29.962076688 +0200
@@ -1835,9 +1835,23 @@
 #ifdef GRUB_UTIL
       else if (grub_memcmp ("--stage2=", arg, sizeof ("--stage2=") - 1) == 0)
 	{
+	  int fd;
 	  stage2_os_file = arg + sizeof ("--stage2=") - 1;
 	  arg = skip_to (0, arg);
 	  nul_terminate (stage2_os_file);
+
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined (FSYS_REISERFS)
+	  if ((fd=open(stage2_os_file, O_RDONLY)) >= 0)
+	    {
+	      struct statfs buf;
+	      /* see if the file sits on a reiserfs,
+		 and try do defragment it if so. */
+	      fstatfs(fd, &buf);
+	      if (buf.f_type == REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC)
+		ioctl (fd, REISERFS_IOC_UNPACK, 1);
+	    }
+#endif	/* __linux__ && FSYS_REISERFS */
+
 	}
 #endif /* GRUB_UTIL */
       else
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/filesys.h grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/filesys.h
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/filesys.h	2004-08-24 02:21:32.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/filesys.h	2005-01-23 16:27:29.959077144 +0200
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
 int reiserfs_read (char *buf, int len);
 int reiserfs_dir (char *dirname);
 int reiserfs_embed (int *start_sector, int needed_sectors);
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined (GRUB_UTIL)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/statfs.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+/* from <linux/reiserfs_fs.h> */
+#define REISERFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x52654973
+#define REISERFS_IOC_UNPACK  _IOW(0xCD,1,long)
+#endif
 #else
 #define FSYS_REISERFS_NUM 0
 #endif
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/Makefile.am grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/Makefile.am
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/Makefile.am	2004-08-24 02:21:32.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/Makefile.am	2005-01-23 16:43:56.530095552 +0200
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 	-DGRUB_UTIL=1 -DFSYS_EXT2FS=1 -DFSYS_FAT=1 -DFSYS_FFS=1 \
 	-DFSYS_ISO9660=1 -DFSYS_JFS=1 -DFSYS_MINIX=1 -DFSYS_REISERFS=1 \
 	-DFSYS_UFS2=1 -DFSYS_VSTAFS=1 -DFSYS_XFS=1 \
-	-DUSE_MD5_PASSWORDS=1 -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=1 -DSUPPORT_HERCULES=1 \
-	-fwritable-strings
+	-DUSE_MD5_PASSWORDS=1 -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=1 -DSUPPORT_HERCULES=1
 
 # Stage 2 and Stage 1.5's.
 pkglibdir = $(libdir)/$(PACKAGE)/$(host_cpu)-$(host_vendor)
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/Makefile.in grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/Makefile.in
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/stage2/Makefile.in	2004-08-24 02:21:32.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/stage2/Makefile.in	2005-01-23 16:43:56.537094488 +0200
@@ -579,8 +579,7 @@
 	-DGRUB_UTIL=1 -DFSYS_EXT2FS=1 -DFSYS_FAT=1 -DFSYS_FFS=1 \
 	-DFSYS_ISO9660=1 -DFSYS_JFS=1 -DFSYS_MINIX=1 -DFSYS_REISERFS=1 \
 	-DFSYS_UFS2=1 -DFSYS_VSTAFS=1 -DFSYS_XFS=1 \
-	-DUSE_MD5_PASSWORDS=1 -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=1 -DSUPPORT_HERCULES=1 \
-	-fwritable-strings
+	-DUSE_MD5_PASSWORDS=1 -DSUPPORT_SERIAL=1 -DSUPPORT_HERCULES=1
 
 @DISKLESS_SUPPORT_FALSE@pkglib_DATA = stage2 stage2_eltorito e2fs_stage1_5 fat_stage1_5 \
 @DISKLESS_SUPPORT_FALSE@	ffs_stage1_5 iso9660_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 \
diff -Nur grub-0.95.20040823.clean/util/mbchk.c grub-0.95.20040823.patched/util/mbchk.c
--- grub-0.95.20040823.clean/util/mbchk.c	2004-08-24 02:21:31.000000000 +0300
+++ grub-0.95.20040823.patched/util/mbchk.c	2005-01-23 16:18:41.843362936 +0200
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
   int i;
   char buf[8192];
 
-  if (fread (buf, 1, 8192, fp) < 0)
+  fread (buf, 1, 8192, fp);
+  
+  if (ferror(fp))
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "%s: Read error.\n", filename);
       return 0;