Hi,
# and finally, not mentioned here before in any post (as far as i can remember), make the respective initrd for the new kernel in /boot
As I remember the above is need only if You use SCSI (or/and maybe SATA) drivers, not integrated in kernel, but maked as modules BTW: command is mkinitrd :-)
Yes, i use SCSIs. Don't know about IDE or SATA though.
Regards, Mário Gamito