In case you have grub you should use the following runes in your /boot/grub/grub.conf file (replacing partition numbers with your actual ones, see man grub) title dyne:bolic GNU/Linux - RASTASOFT root (hd0,1) # it is hda2, hda1 is (hd0,0) kernel /dyne/linux root=/dev/ram0 rw load_ramdisk=1 \ prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_start=0 vga=788 initrd /dyne/initrd.gz