Bug#464146: grub-install: The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly

[Luis Fernando Llana Diaz]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-28
Severity: normal

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I have just installed a new Debian/Lenny. I had to install lilo because grub 
did not work at install time. 
I have tried to install grub after the installation was complete and I get the 
same error:
$ grub-install hd0
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.

The contents of the grub directory is

$ ls /boot/grub/
default     e2fs_stage1_5  jfs_stage1_5  minix_stage1_5     stage1  
xfs_stage1_5
device.map  fat_stage1_5   menu.lst      reiserfs_stage1_5  stage2

It seems that file 'stage1' is readable. The following command does not give 
any error.
$ cat /boot/grub/stage1 >> /tmp/pr



--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.22-3-686

Debian Release: lenny/sid
  500 testing         www.debian-multimedia.org 
  500 testing         security.debian.org 
  500 testing         ftp.rediris.es 

--- Package information. ---
Depends          (Version) | Installed
==========================-+-===========
libc6           (>= 2.5-5) | 2.7-6
libncurses5     (>= 5.4-5) | 5.6+20080105-1


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