New 2.6.9 kernel -- couldn't boot to SATA root.

[Rob]

Not sure if this happened to anyone else, but when I updated my 
packages, the kernel-image-2.6.9-9-amd64-k8 was updated and rendered my 
system unbootable.  It couldn't find my root drive (SATA).  Not sure 
what happened, but thankfully I had my old 2.6.8 still installed which 
I'm back to using.

Anyone else experience this issue?  If you have upgraded and haven't 
rebooted yet, be careful.  Or maybe something just went wrong on my system.

Thanks,
Rob