SOLVED!!!
I did as you suggested.
localhost ~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0
timeout 7
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Current Kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3
title Old Kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/hda3
title Failsafe
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/ram0
init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3
initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-gentoo-r5
is now what I use. Later I hope to reinsert my Live CD and get the
pretty stuff off of it to beautify my Gentoo.
ACPI now works perfectly. There was a small glitch in which I
discovered that my newly built kernel did *not* have my networking
card installed, so I had to recompile with that enabled but after this
it was no sweat.
Thanks for your help - I would have gotten as far as Kubuntu if you
hadn't helped me (as in I would be back with Kubuntu).
However, even before beautification I have to figure out how to mount
my USB memory stick (/dev/sda1), however, that's for another thread.
Thanks for your help - I hope to be able to make it up to you all someday : )
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