diff -Naur booty-0.31.1/bootloaderInfo.py booty-0.31.1-patched/bootloaderInfo.py
--- booty-0.31.1/bootloaderInfo.py	2003-08-16 02:20:35.000000000 +0530
+++ booty-0.31.1-patched/bootloaderInfo.py	2003-11-04 21:57:43.000000000 +0530
@@ -803,8 +803,15 @@
 
 	part = self.grubbyPartitionName(bootDev)
  	prefix = "%s/%s" % (self.grubbyPartitionName(bootDev), grubPath)
-	cmd = "root %s\ninstall %s%s/stage1 d %s %s/stage2 p %s%s/grub.conf" % \
-	    (part, forcelba, grubPath, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget),
+	bootfstype = fsset.getPartedFileSystemType(bootDev)
+	if (bootfstype == "ext2" or bootfstype == "ext3"):
+	    imbcmd = "embed %s/e2fs_stage1_5 %s" % ( prefix, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget) )
+	elif (bootfstype == "xfs"):
+	    imbcmd = "embed %s/xfs_stage1_5 %s" % ( prefix, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget) )
+	else:
+	    imbcmd = ""
+	cmd = "root %s\n%s\ninstall %s%s/stage1 d %s %s/stage2 p %s%s/grub.conf" % \
+	    (part, imbcmd, forcelba, grubPath, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget),
              grubPath, part, grubPath)
 
         if not justConfigFile:
@@ -1009,8 +1016,15 @@
 
 	part = self.grubbyPartitionName(bootDev)
  	prefix = "%s/%s" % (self.grubbyPartitionName(bootDev), grubPath)
-	cmd = "root %s\ninstall %s/stage1 d %s %s/stage2 p %s%s/grub.conf" % \
-              (part, grubPath, self.grubbyPartitionName(theDev[5:]),
+	bootfstype = fsset.getPartedFileSystemType(bootDev)
+	if (bootfstype == "ext2" or bootfstype == "ext3"):
+	    imbcmd = "embed %s/e2fs_stage1_5 %s" % ( prefix, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget) )
+	elif (bootfstype == "xfs"):
+	    imbcmd = "embed %s/xfs_stage1_5 %s" % ( prefix, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget) )
+	else:
+	    imbcmd = ""
+	cmd = "root %s\n%s\ninstall %s%s/stage1 d %s %s/stage2 p %s%s/grub.conf" % \
+	    (part, imbcmd, forcelba, grubPath, self.grubbyPartitionName(grubTarget),
                grubPath, part, grubPath)
         
 	if not justConfigFile: