I just updated the patch to fit on the 0.97-3 release on grub.
I have attached the patch Kristian
--- update-grub.orig 2006-01-10 13:57:26.000000000 +0100 +++ update-grub 2006-01-10 13:58:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ echo "$splashimage_path" >> $buffer echo >> $buffer elif [ "$current_splash" != "" ] && [ "$current_splash" != "$splashimage_path" ]; then - echo "found but preserving previous setting: $(grep '^splashimage=' /boot/grub/menu.lst)" >&2 + echo "found but preserving previous setting: $(grep '^splashimage=' ${grub_dir}/menu.lst)" >&2 echo "$current_splash" >> $buffer echo >> $buffer else