Improperly nested partitions, help needed!

[Svante Signell]

Yes,

I should have posted to help-grub, but I am not subscribed to that list,
only grub-devel.

Can somebody please help me with the following problem:
(I have asked on Debian lists, and also filed a bug #594158 but no
response so far).

When installing a new kernel or a new version of grub I get a warning
that /dev/sda1 (windows rescue) and /dev/sda3 (linux root /) are 
improperly nested: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested 
partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).

What does improperly nested mean: overlapping, or something else?

How to resolve this problem? According to fdisk the sda1 and sda3 partitions 
are _not_ overlapping:
Additionally, does the same warning have to be repeated so many times for every 
kernel entry???

#> fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20673 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd568d568

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         501     3787528+  1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/sda2   *         502       15254   111532680    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           15255       15512     1950480   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           15513       20673    39017160    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5           15513       15930     3160048+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6           15931       17320    10508368+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7           17321       20530    24267568+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8           20531       20673     1081048+  82  Linux swap/Solaris


Output when upgrading the kernel:
Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 (2.6.32-22) ...
Running depmod.
Running update-initramfs.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools
2.6.32-5-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils
2.6.32-5-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub
2.6.32-5-686 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).
(repeated 17 times)

Found background image: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).
(repeated 12 times)

Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).
(repeated 8 times)

Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-686
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-686
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).
(repeated twice)

Found Windows NT/2000/XP on /dev/sda1
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).
(repeated 8 times)

Found Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on /dev/sda2
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition
(hd1,msdos3,msdos1).
(repeated 8 times)

done