diff -upk.orig lilo-22.7.1.orig/boot.c lilo-22.7.1/boot.c
--- lilo-22.7.1.orig/boot.c	2005-09-03 23:58:25 +0000
+++ lilo-22.7.1/boot.c	2006-06-22 05:57:16 +0000
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ void boot_other(char *loader,char *boot,
 #endif
     struct stat st;
     char *pos;
+    char *vanilla_part = part;
     int i, code;
     int letter = 0;
     int unsafe;
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ void boot_other(char *loader,char *boot,
 
     if (unsafe) {
 	(void) geo_open_boot(&geo,boot);
-	if (part) die("TABLE and UNSAFE are mutually incompatible.");
+	if (vanilla_part) die("TABLE and UNSAFE are mutually incompatible.");
     }
     else {
 	b_fd = geo_open(&geo,boot,O_RDONLY);