--- grub-0.95/lib/device.c.orig	2004-05-23 18:34:29.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.95/lib/device.c	2004-09-21 18:15:23.785137837 +0200
@@ -828,9 +828,11 @@ int
 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);
 }