Official 2.6.8 kernel not booting?

[Gasper Zejn <gape@owca.info>]

Hello!

I've apt-get installed an official kernel-image-9-2.6.8-k8 package and 
rebooted, and i get an "no init found" error, while -k7 kernels work 
with no problem.

The grub lines (i've added init=/sbin/init with no luck):

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-1-x86_64
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-x86_64 root=/dev/sda1 
init=/sbin/init ro
savedefault
boot

My system is an amd64 athlon 3000+, nforce3 chipset with maxtor sata hd, 
the motherboard is gigabyte ga-k8ns.

Greetings,
Gasper