diff -ur grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c grub2.test/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c
--- grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c	2007-08-02 22:42:19.000000000 +0200
+++ grub2.test/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c	2007-08-04 11:55:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@
     {
       char *tmp = get_device_name (root_dev);
 
+      grub_util_info ("1 root_dev = %s", root_dev);
+
       if (! tmp)
 	grub_util_error ("Invalid root device `%s'", root_dev);
       
@@ -703,6 +705,8 @@
 	}
     }
 
+  grub_util_info ("2 root_dev = %s", root_dev);
+
 #ifdef __linux__
   if (grub_util_lvm_isvolume (root_dev))
     {