diff -Naur grub-0.96.orig/util/grub-install.in grub-0.96/util/grub-install.in
--- grub-0.96.orig/util/grub-install.in	2004-07-24 20:57:31.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.96/util/grub-install.in	2005-02-06 13:18:22.304449096 +0100
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 rootdir=
 grub_prefix=/boot/grub
 
+install_drives=
 install_device=
 no_floppy=
 force_lba=
@@ -211,6 +212,43 @@
 	echo "$tmp_fname"
 }
 
+# Usage: is_raid1_device devicename
+# Returns 0 if devicename is a raid1 md device, 1 if it is not.
+is_raid1_device () {
+    case "$host_os" in
+    linux*)
+	level=`mdadm --query --detail $1 2>/dev/null | \
+		awk '/Raid Level :/ {print $4}'` 
+	if [ "$level" = "raid1" ]; then
+	    return 0
+	fi
+    ;;
+    esac
+    return 1
+}
+
+# Usage: find_real_devs device
+# Returns space separated list of devices for linux if device is 
+# a raid1 device. In all other cases, the provided value is returned.
+find_real_devs () {
+    source_device=$1
+    case "$host_os" in
+    linux*)
+	if is_raid1_device $source_device ; then
+	    list=""
+	    for device in `mdadm --query --detail "${source_device}" | \
+		    awk '/\/dev\/[^(md)]/ {print $7}'` ; do
+		list="$list $device"
+	    done
+	    echo $list
+	    return 0
+	fi
+    ;;
+    esac
+    echo $source_device
+    return 0
+}
+
 # Usage: find_device file
 # Find block device on which the file resides.
 find_device () {
@@ -223,11 +261,35 @@
 	exit 1
     fi
 
-	tmp_fname=`resolve_symlink $tmp_fname`
+    tmp_fname=`resolve_symlink $tmp_fname`
 
     echo "$tmp_fname"
 }
 
+
+dump_boot_block () {
+    sync
+    $grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
+dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
+quit
+EOF
+}
+
+
+install_boot_block () {
+    # Before all invocations of the grub shell, call sync to make sure
+    # the raw device is in sync with any bufferring in filesystems.
+    sync
+
+    # Now perform the installation.
+    $grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >>$log_file
+root $1
+setup $force_lba --stage2=$grubdir/stage2 --prefix=$grub_prefix $2
+quit
+EOF
+}
+
+
 # Check the arguments.
 for option in "$@"; do
     case "$option" in
@@ -336,6 +398,10 @@
     # Create a safe temporary file.
     test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog`
 
+    # Before all invocations of the grub shell, call sync to make sure
+    # the raw device is in sync with any bufferring in filesystems.
+    sync
+ 
     $grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
 quit
 EOF
@@ -359,23 +425,31 @@
 case "$install_device" in
 /dev/*)
     install_device=`resolve_symlink "$install_device"`
-    install_drive=`convert "$install_device"`
-    # I don't know why, but some shells wouldn't die if exit is
-    # called in a function.
-    if test "x$install_drive" = x; then
+    for install_drive in `find_real_devs $install_device` ; do
+	install_drive=`convert $install_drive`
+	if [ "x$install_drive" = "x" ]; then
+	    exit 1
+	fi
+	install_drives="${install_drives} ${install_drive}"
+    done
+    unset install_drive
+	
+    if test "x$install_drives" = x ; then
 	exit 1
     fi ;;
 \([hf]d[0-9]*\))
-    install_drive="$install_device" ;;
+    install_drives="$install_device" ;;
 [hf]d[0-9]*)
     # The GRUB format with no parenthesis.
-    install_drive="($install_device)" ;;
+    install_drives="($install_device)" ;;
 *)
     echo "Format of install_device not recognized." 1>&2
     usage
     exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
+unset install_device
+
 # Get the root drive.
 root_device=`find_device ${rootdir}`
 bootdir_device=`find_device ${bootdir}`
@@ -387,14 +461,7 @@
     grub_prefix="/grub"
 fi
 
-# Convert the root device to a GRUB drive.
-root_drive=`convert "$root_device"`
-if test "x$root_drive" = x; then
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# Check if the root directory exists in the same device as the grub
-# directory.
+# Check if the root directory exists in the same device as the grub directory.
 grubdir_device=`find_device ${grubdir}`
 
 if test "x$grubdir_device" != "x$root_device"; then
@@ -422,25 +489,33 @@
 test -n "$mkimg" && img_file=`$mkimg`
 test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog`
 
+# There's not a real root device, so just pick the first
+if is_raid1_device $root_device ; then
+    root_device=`find_real_devs $root_device | awk '{print $1}'`
+fi
+
+# Convert the root deviceto a GRUB drive.
+root_drive=`convert "$root_device"`
+if [ "x$root_drive" = x ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 for file in ${grubdir}/stage1 ${grubdir}/stage2 ${grubdir}/*stage1_5; do
     count=5
     tmp=`echo $file | sed "s|^${grubdir}|${grub_prefix}|"`
     while test $count -gt 0; do
-	$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
-dump ${root_drive}${tmp} ${img_file}
-quit
-EOF
-	if grep "Error [0-9]*: " $log_file >/dev/null; then
-	    :
-	elif cmp $file $img_file >/dev/null; then
-	    break
-	fi
-	sleep 1
-	count=`expr $count - 1`    
+        dump_boot_block $root_drive $img_file
+        if grep "Error [0-9]*: " $log_file >/dev/null; then
+    	:
+        elif cmp $file $img_file >/dev/null; then
+    	break
+        fi
+        sleep 1
+        count=`expr $count - 1`    
     done
     if test $count -eq 0; then
-	echo "The file $file not read correctly." 1>&2
-	exit 1
+        echo "The file $file not read correctly." 1>&2
+        exit 1
     fi
 done
 
@@ -450,17 +525,22 @@
 # Create a safe temporary file.
 test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog`
 
-# Now perform the installation.
-$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
-root $root_drive
-setup $force_lba --stage2=$grubdir/stage2 --prefix=$grub_prefix $install_drive
-quit
-EOF
+for install_drive in $install_drives; do 
+    # Convert the root deviceto a GRUB drive.
+    root_drive=`convert "$root_device"`
+    if [ "x$root_drive" = x ]; then
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    install_boot_block $root_drive $install_drive
+done
 
-if grep "Error [0-9]*: " $log_file >/dev/null || test $debug = yes; then
+if grep "Error [0-9]*: " $log_file >/dev/null ; then
     cat $log_file 1>&2
     exit 1
 fi
+if test $debug = yes; then
+    cat $log_file 1>&2
+fi
 
 rm -f $log_file