Hi,

I'd like to know if it's possible to upgrade GRUB. The GRUB that comes with Mandrake 9.2 seems to be an old version that doesn't support splashimages and I was wondering if I could upgrade it to 0.93. If so, what do I do? Do I just unzip the tarball, and do the usual ./configure, make, make install? Or does it have its own way?

Where is your current grub? It should be in /boot/grub, that's the logical place for it. So what I would do is this:
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install
cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub

Then to install on your MBR:
grub
root (hd0,0) ***NB hd0,0 should be replaced with the hd label of your root partition***
setup (hd0) ***NB hd0 should be changed if your primary drive is anything but hda (although it probably isn't)***
quit

Easy as that. But as always, keep a boot disc handy when messing around with your MBR.
Guy

Edit: The line "setup (hd0)" is the bit that installs to your MBR. That's the point of no return. Just so you know.

Has anyone ever tried this before? I want to know what problems I might expect.

The only problem you might get is a clash with your old version. You could either uninstall it, or make sure you install the new one in a different place before installing it in the MBR.