diff -u grub2-1.98/debian/changelog grub2-1.98/debian/changelog
--- grub2-1.98/debian/changelog
+++ grub2-1.98/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+grub2 (1.98-1ubuntu12.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Skip LVM snapshots (closes: #574863)
+    (LP: #563895).
+
+ -- Ken Stailey <kstailey@yahoo.com>  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 06:30:15 +0500
+
 grub2 (1.98-1ubuntu12) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * Fix use of freed memory when replacing existing loopback device
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- grub2-1.98.orig/disk/lvm.c
+++ grub2-1.98/disk/lvm.c
@@ -42,6 +42,52 @@
 }
 
 static int
+grub_lvm_checkvalue (char **p, char *str, char *tmpl)
+{
+  int tmpllen = grub_strlen (tmpl);
+  *p = grub_strstr (*p, str);
+  if (! *p)
+    return 0;
+  *p += grub_strlen (str);
+  if (**p != '"')
+    return 0;
+  return (grub_memcmp (*p + 1, tmpl, tmpllen) == 0 && (*p)[tmpllen + 1] == '"');
+}
+
+static int
+grub_lvm_check_flag (char *p, char *str, char *flag)
+{
+  int len_str = grub_strlen (str), len_flag = grub_strlen (flag);
+  while (1)
+    {
+      char *q;
+      p = grub_strstr (p, str);
+      if (! p)
+	return 0;
+      p += len_str;
+      if (grub_memcmp (p, " = [", sizeof (" = [") - 1) != 0)
+	continue;
+      q = p + sizeof (" = [") - 1;
+      while (1)
+	{
+	  while (grub_isspace (*q))
+	    q++;
+	  if (*q != '"')
+	    return 0;
+	  q++;
+	  if (grub_memcmp (q, flag, len_flag) == 0 && q[len_flag] == '"')
+	    return 1;
+	  while (*q != '"')
+	    q++;
+	  q++;
+	  if (*q == ']')
+	    return 0;
+	  q++;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+static int
 grub_lvm_iterate (int (*hook) (const char *name))
 {
   struct grub_lvm_vg *vg;
@@ -414,6 +460,7 @@
 	  while (1)
 	    {
 	      int s;
+	      int skip_lv = 0;
 	      struct grub_lvm_lv *lv;
 	      struct grub_lvm_segment *seg;
 
@@ -438,6 +485,12 @@
 
 	      lv->size = 0;
 
+	      if (!grub_lvm_check_flag (p, "status", "VISIBLE"))
+		{
+		  skip_lv = 1;
+		  goto lv_parsed;
+		}
+
 	      lv->segment_count = grub_lvm_getvalue (&p, "segment_count = ");
 	      if (p == NULL)
 		goto lvs_fail;
@@ -458,6 +511,14 @@
 		  seg->extent_count = grub_lvm_getvalue (&p, "extent_count = ");
 		  if (p == NULL)
 		    goto lvs_segment_fail;
+
+		  if (grub_lvm_checkvalue (&p, "type = ", "snapshot"))
+		    {
+		      /* Found a snapshot, give up and move on. */
+		      skip_lv = 1;
+		      break;
+		    }
+
 		  seg->stripe_count = grub_lvm_getvalue (&p, "stripe_count = ");
 		  if (p == NULL)
 		    goto lvs_segment_fail;
@@ -524,12 +585,20 @@
 		  goto fail4;
 		}
 
+	    lv_parsed:
 	      if (p != NULL)
 		p = grub_strchr (p, '}');
 	      if (p == NULL)
 		goto lvs_fail;
 	      p += 3;
 
+	      if (skip_lv)
+		{
+		  grub_free (lv->name);
+		  grub_free (lv);
+		  continue;
+		}
+
 	      lv->number = lv_count++;
 	      lv->vg = vg;
 	      lv->next = vg->lvs;