If you so choose to use the PMON2000 bootloader, this is what you need in your '/boot/boot.cfg' or '/boot.cfg' file.
default 0 timeout 3 showmenu 1 title gNewSense metad - hda1 Kernel (wd0,0)/boot/vmlinux-2.6.27.7-libre initrd (wd0,0)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27.7-libre args console=tty no_auto_cmd root=/dev/hda1 rootdelay=8 title gNewSense metad - rescue via USB kernel (usb0,0)/boot/rescue args root=/dev/sda1 console=tty no_auto_cmd rootdelay=7 #initrd (usb0,0)/boot/initrd.img title gNewSense metad - reinstall via USB kernel (usb0,0)/vmlinux-2.6.31.6-libre1 initrd (usb0,0)/initrd.gz args console=tty no_auto_cmd