installed, now what?

[nadir]

from what i know (and it ain't that much):
your entry is like this:

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    title debian etc
    root (hd0,6)
    kernel /boot/grub/core.img

so hda7 seems to be right.
and after the second line you need those lines:

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kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda7 ro quiet
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686

mount the partition debian is on and check which kernel it uses. if it is a stock lenny it should use the kernel in the code i posted. you may just try in case you got a debian-lenny install:

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title debian lenny 2.6.26-kernel
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda7 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686

perhaps wait a bit if one will correct me.

EDIT, due to the following post:
i pm'ed tuxracer that when it comes to chainloading i can't be of help.

[tuxracer]

The debian ver. I installed is testing, LXDE, so the kernel is 2.6.30 so I can substitute what you have there with that, correct?

Also, the Mepis ver. installed is also an update of the kernel although based on Lenny with the rest of the software (i.e. 8.5 b4). They're using 2.6.32, I believe.

So, you're saying, I should add to the menu.lst entry I have there, currently, the one with the Grub 2 entry, a kernel and initrd line, respectively? I'm just curious, why. Will, it change something that is currently happening to something else?

Edit: I notice my debian testing, LXDE, install is using 2.6.30 but on distrowatch, it displays Debian Testing is using the 2.6.32 kernel. I'm confused....