diff -x '*~' -x configure -x config.h.in -ur grub2/include/grub/util/getroot.h test/include/grub/util/getroot.h
--- grub2/include/grub/util/getroot.h	2007-07-22 01:32:25.000000000 +0200
+++ test/include/grub/util/getroot.h	2008-01-08 16:07:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 
 char *grub_guess_root_device (const char *dir);
 char *grub_get_prefix (const char *dir);
-char *grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev);
+char *grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *dev_type, const char *os_dev);
 
 #endif /* ! GRUB_UTIL_GETROOT_HEADER */
diff -x '*~' -x configure -x config.h.in -ur grub2/util/getroot.c test/util/getroot.c
--- grub2/util/getroot.c	2007-07-22 01:32:31.000000000 +0200
+++ test/util/getroot.c	2008-01-08 16:11:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -239,11 +239,41 @@
   return os_dev;
 }
 
+static char *dev_types[] = {
+  "",
+  "lvm",
+  "raid",
+};
+
+enum {
+  TYPE_RAW,
+  TYPE_LVM,
+  TYPE_RAID,
+};
+
 char *
-grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *os_dev)
+grub_util_get_dev_type (const char *os_dev)
 {
   /* Check for LVM.  */
   if (!strncmp (os_dev, "/dev/mapper/", 12))
+    return dev_types[TYPE_LVM];
+
+  /* Check for RAID.  */
+  if (!strncmp (os_dev, "/dev/md", 7))
+    return dev_types[TYPE_RAID];
+
+  /* If it's not RAID or LVM, it should be a biosdisk.  */
+  return dev_types[TYPE_RAW];
+}
+
+char *
+grub_util_get_grub_dev (const char *type, const char *os_dev)
+{
+  if (! type)
+    type = grub_util_get_dev_type (os_dev);
+
+  /* Check for LVM.  */
+  if (!strcmp (type, "lvm"))
     {
       char *grub_dev = xmalloc (strlen (os_dev) - 12 + 1);
 
@@ -253,7 +283,7 @@
     }
 
   /* Check for RAID.  */
-  if (!strncmp (os_dev, "/dev/md", 7))
+  if (!strcmp (type, "raid"))
     {
       const char *p;
       char *grub_dev = xmalloc (20);
diff -x '*~' -x configure -x config.h.in -ur grub2/util/grub-probe.c test/util/grub-probe.c
--- grub2/util/grub-probe.c	2007-07-22 21:17:26.000000000 +0200
+++ test/util/grub-probe.c	2008-01-08 16:12:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE	1
 #include <getopt.h>
 
-#define PRINT_FS	0
-#define PRINT_DRIVE	1
-#define PRINT_DEVICE	2
-#define PRINT_PARTMAP	3
+enum {
+  PRINT_FS,
+  PRINT_DRIVE,
+  PRINT_DEVICE,
+  PRINT_PARTMAP,
+  PRINT_TYPE,
+};
 
 int print = PRINT_FS;
 
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@
 {
   char *device_name;
   char *drive_name = NULL;
+  char *type_name;
   grub_device_t dev;
   grub_fs_t fs;
   
@@ -87,7 +91,17 @@
       goto end;
     }
 
-  drive_name = grub_util_get_grub_dev (device_name);
+  type_name = grub_util_get_dev_type (device_name);
+  if (! type_name)
+    grub_util_error ("cannot identify drive type for %s.\n", device_name);
+  
+  if (print == PRINT_TYPE)
+    {
+      printf ("(%s)\n", type_name);
+      goto end;
+    }
+
+  drive_name = grub_util_get_grub_dev (type_name, device_name);
   if (! drive_name)
     grub_util_error ("cannot find a GRUB drive for %s.\n", device_name);
   
diff -x '*~' -x configure -x config.h.in -ur grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-install.in test/util/i386/pc/grub-install.in
--- grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-install.in	2007-12-30 09:52:06.000000000 +0100
+++ test/util/i386/pc/grub-install.in	2008-01-08 16:14:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -223,8 +223,11 @@
 # filesystem will be accessible).
 partmap_module=`$grub_probe --target=partmap --device-map=${device_map} ${grubdir} 2> /dev/null`
 
+# Device type module, if any (lvm, raid).
+devtype_module=`$grub_probe --target=type --device-map=${device_map} ${grubdir}`
+
 # _chain is often useful
-modules="$modules $fs_module $partmap_module biosdisk _chain"
+modules="$modules $fs_module $partmap_module $devtype_module biosdisk _chain"
 
 $grub_mkimage --output=${grubdir}/core.img --prefix=`make_system_path_relative_to_its_root ${grubdir}` $modules || exit 1
 
diff -x '*~' -x configure -x config.h.in -ur grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c test/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c
--- grub2/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c	2008-01-05 13:20:28.000000000 +0100
+++ test/util/i386/pc/grub-setup.c	2008-01-08 16:10:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@
   if (! dest_dev)
     {
       /* Possibly, the user specified an OS device file.  */
-      dest_dev = grub_util_get_grub_dev (argv[optind]);
+      dest_dev = grub_util_get_grub_dev (NULL, argv[optind]);
       if (! dest_dev)
 	{
 	  fprintf (stderr, "Invalid device `%s'.\n", argv[optind]);
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
     }
   else
     {
-      root_dev = grub_util_get_grub_dev (grub_guess_root_device (dir ? : DEFAULT_DIRECTORY));
+      root_dev = grub_util_get_grub_dev (NULL, grub_guess_root_device (dir ? : DEFAULT_DIRECTORY));
       if (! root_dev)
 	{
 	  grub_util_info ("guessing the root device failed, because of `%s'",
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
 		 dir ? : DEFAULT_DIRECTORY,
 		 boot_file ? : DEFAULT_BOOT_FILE,
 		 core_file ? : DEFAULT_CORE_FILE,
-		 root_dev, grub_util_get_grub_dev (devicelist[i]), 1);
+		 root_dev, grub_util_get_grub_dev (NULL, devicelist[i]), 1);
 	}
 
       free (raid_prefix);