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