--- grub-0.97/grub/asmstub.c.orig	2011-09-12 12:02:32.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.97/grub/asmstub.c	2011-09-26 16:55:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ grub_stage2 (void)
 
   assert (grub_scratch_mem == 0);
 #ifdef MAP_32BIT
-#define MY_MAP_SET MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_GROWSDOWN | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_32BIT
+#define MY_MAP_SET MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_32BIT
 #else
-#define MY_MAP_SET MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_GROWSDOWN | MAP_ANONYMOUS
+#define MY_MAP_SET MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS
 #endif
   scratch = mmap(NULL,
                  0x100000 + EXTENDED_MEMSIZE + 15,