The Debian kernel images are compiled to use initrd. Your new kernel will not work unless you have installed the appropriate packages. From memory I think apt-get initrd-tools will do the trick, but don't hold me to this.
If you really don't want to use initrd you will so far as I know need to compile your own kernel. make-kpkg makes this very easy. Sorry I can't help you with grub, which I last used on an old Mandrake distribution ages ago. regards, Darryl -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]