/boot/message wrong format?????

Hi! On my laptop (running 9.3, upgraded from 9.2), since the upgrade grup complains that /boot/message is the wrong format and is the normal ugly DOS-style grub menu. I have gone to /usr/share/gfxboot, re-created the message file (which is just a cpio file with jpegs and a binary in it), put it in /boot, re-installed grub (not nessessary, I just want to be sure), and it still doesn't work. I have another suse 9.3 box that does work, so I copied the message file over and it still didn't work. Would switching to lilo work? Can I make grub work? Thanks!