My original grub file where the kernel loads and no problems. default 0 timeout 30 splashimage=(hd1,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r5 root (hd1,1) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-amd64-2.6.17-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-amd64-2.6.17-gentoo-r5 ### my manual kernal that i made that outputs the following errors. default 0 timeout 30 title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r5 root (hd1,1) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/sdb4