I anser my own question after reading more on http://bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345931 :
No, it is not. -- grub 0.97 doesn't work on several machines https://launchpad.net/bugs/27969 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
