ok when it gets to
#
>>> Unpacking linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/sabayon-sources-2.6.20-r3/work
#
* Applying suspend2-2.2.9.3-for-2.6.20-rc4.patch.patch (-p0+) ... [ ok ]
#
* Applying ipw3945-1.2.0-2.6.20.patch (-p0+) ... [ ok ]
#
* Applying fbsplash-0.9.2-r5-2.6.19-rc2.patch (-p0+) ... [ ok ]
#
* Applying squashfs-3.2-2.6.20.patch (-p0+) ... [ ok ]
#
* Applying 2.6.20-mactel.patch (-p0+) ... [ ok ]
then
in a seperate root shell do
cd /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/sabayon-sources-2.6.20-r3/work
then
mkdir boot
if you do it to soon while it is doing
>>> Unpacking linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/sys-kernel/sabayon-sources-2.6.20-r3/work
it will return an error
just make sure to do the mkdir while it is doing the patches