diff -Naur -Naru grub-0.93/lib/device.c grub-0.93-pb/lib/device.c
--- grub-0.93/lib/device.c	2002-05-20 09:53:46.000000000 +0000
+++ grub-0.93-pb/lib/device.c	2003-04-22 16:38:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@
       if (strcmp (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/disc") == 0)
 	strcpy (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/part");
     }
+  if (isdigit(dev[strlen(dev)-1])) /* in case actual erroneous partition */
+    {
+      errnum = ERR_NO_PART;
+      return 0;
+    }
   sprintf (dev + strlen(dev), "%d", ((partition >> 16) & 0xFF) + 1);
   
   /* Open the partition.  */
@@ -712,7 +717,8 @@
     offset = (loff_t) sector * (loff_t) SECTOR_SIZE;
     if (_llseek (fd, offset >> 32, offset & 0xffffffff, &result, SEEK_SET))
       {
-	errnum = ERR_DEV_VALUES;
+	close (fd);
+	errnum = ERR_DEV_VALUES;
 	return 0;
       }
   }
@@ -722,7 +728,8 @@
 
     if (lseek (fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != offset)
       {
-	errnum = ERR_DEV_VALUES;
+	close (fd);
+	errnum = ERR_DEV_VALUES;
 	return 0;
       }
   }