diff -up ./util/grub.d/10_linux.in.tmpdevuuid ./util/grub.d/10_linux.in
--- ./util/grub.d/10_linux.in.tmpdevuuid	2009-08-29 20:05:06.000000000 +0400
+++ ./util/grub.d/10_linux.in	2009-09-03 11:07:34.000000000 +0400
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ case ${GRUB_DEVICE} in
 esac
 
 if [ "x${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" = "x" ] || [ "x${GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID}" = "xtrue" ] \
-    || ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" ; then
+    || ( test -d /dev/disk/by-uuid  && ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}") ; then
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=${GRUB_DEVICE}
 else
   LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=UUID=${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}