ls -l /boot :: -rw-r--r-- System.map-genkernel-x86-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 lrwxrwxrwx boot -> . drwxr-xr-x grub -rw-r--r-- initrd-genkernel-x86-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 -rw-r--r-- kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 cat /boot/grub/menu.lst default 0 timeout 2 title=gentoo root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda2 doscsi initrd /boot/initrd-genkernel-x86-2.6.20-gentoo-r7 and no boot, this menssage... >> Activating mdev >> Determining root device... !! block device /dev/sda2 is not valid root device... !! the root block device is unspecified or not detected. please specify a device to bot, or "shell" for a shell... boot() ::