6.10 won't boot newest kernel - BusyBox, initram, etc.

I just upgraded from 6.06 to 6.10 (en route to 7.04). It won't boot. I get the same problem I've seen in a number of other posts:

      [17179574.052000] ACPI: getting cpuindex for acpiid 0x2

             then a 2-3 minute pause

      BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-2ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)

      Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

      /bin/sh: can't access tty;job control turned off
      (initramfs)_

When I stop grub and, instead of booting 2.6.17-11-386, have it boot 2.6.17-10-386, it works fine.

In looking at other posts that have been similar, I don't have an external usb disk, and I don't have windows. The UUID's in menu.lst look fine. So I don't have any of the issues that have created this problem for some of the previous posters. I do, though have a legacy video card, an nVidia NV5M65 [Riva TNT2 Model/64] according to the device manager. Could that be an issue?

I'm not sure whether to mess with this, or not worry about it and push straight on to 7.04 in the hopes that the new kernel it gives me will simply solve the problem. That doesn't seem prudent, but...

FYI, here are my old and new fstab's, and menu.lst.

Thanks in advance for any help!

---------new fstab--------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda1 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda5 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=6c69cb20-dd4a-4a1e-96bb-7db11f5d63e3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
# /dev/hdb1 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=30516098-0f28-4f0b-a2c7-1605fc5e5e17 /d2 xfs defaults 0 1
# /dev/hdb2 -- converted during upgrade to edgy
UUID=69b972c3-d0eb-4086-b247-09eb99a8e5a8 /d2b xfs defaults 0 1

-----------old fstab----------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /d2 xfs defaults 0 1
/dev/hdb2 /d2b xfs defaults 0 1

------------menu.lst------------------
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 3

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-11-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-11-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-27-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-27-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-27-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-27-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-26-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-26-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-25-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-25-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-25-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-25-386
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
savedefault
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-386 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-386 root=UUID=7d2d4dd5-f7fd-45ad-8bc9-51b1b284fcaa ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-386
boot

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST