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 as a generic kernel-config 
 
 
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+IMPORTANT KERNEL NOTES:
+- You MUST have devfs turned on at this time, but you MUST NOT
+  have "Automatically mount at boot" option turned on. 
+- You MUST have /dev/pts turned on
+- If you want Bootsplash, you MUST have VESAFB enabled for 2.6,
+  other framebuffers won't work.  You MUST also enable
+  "video mode selection support" and "Framebuffer Console support"
+- To build a kernel with GenKernel you must have  
+  "Block devices->Loopback device support"  
+  "Block devices->RAM disk support"
+- To boot genkernel properly, the kernel config must have
+  RAM disk support and Initial RAM disk support.  You should
+  also set your "Default RAM disk size to 8192"
+
+
+BOOTING A KERNEL WITH INITRD:
+
+GRUB:
+real_root= needs to point to your root partition
+root=  needs to point to the ramdisk (should stay at /dev/ram0)
+init= needs to point to the linuxrc file to execute on the ramdisk
+vga=  should be the resolution you want your screen at  0x317 indicates
+      1024x768 - 16bpp   and you'll get a pretty bootsplash if configured properly
+
+
+GRUB EXAMPLE ENTRY:
+title=Linux 2.6.0 genkernel
+root (hd0,0)
+kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.0-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317
+initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-gentoo