so after trying this:
http://www.zeroshell.net/eng/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2180#2180
I now get
Probing [1] USB and SATA devices to startup the system
I did this:
note: I use /dev/hda but be sure you use whatever path corresponds to your hd
root@zeroshell root> fdisk /dev/sda
> a
> 1
> w
On reboot, it got to @decompressing linux… done
booting the kernel.
Probing etc….
…
Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount roof fs on unkown – block (1,2)