going back to the 1.3 consumer worked, i don't know why, the dev didnt' work for 2.0, , nor did consumer, nor did the kernel you posted.. i think i had an issue like this once efore..
ah well, it works now, but i could use some pointers on how to apply the .patch file, i would like to be able to start making my own zimage files :) so i can stop bugging you guys, maybe even help out a bit. :)

thanks for the help, next time this happens i will paste a boot log.

I could probably recreate it if you are just curious.