Encrypted LVM install fails to boot

[stefanhinote]

I'm using the latest public download of Kali for amd 64, burned to dvd. Followed the docs here, and installed an encrypted LVM on a 750gb sata harddrive. Took a few days to install, but finally did, wrote grub to hdd no issues, restart computer, select kali 64bit, and upon booting I receive the following:

after grub, during boot

modeprobe cant load module microcode (....): no such device
volume group "bitpusher" not found
skipping volume group bitpusher
unable to find LVM volume bitpusher/root
gave up waiting for root device.
common problems:
boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
root delay
missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
alert! /dev/mapper/bitpusher-root does not exist. dropping to a shell.

This is the boot parameters from grub:

setparams 'Debian ....'
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
set root=' (hd2,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 944de7d9-c10f-4b91-aead-b2c3019947cd
echo 'loading linux 3.7-trunk-amd64 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.7-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/bitpusher-root ro initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz quiet
echo 'loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.7-trunk-amd64

/proc/cmdline

BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.7-trunk-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/bitpusher-root ro initrd=/install/gtk/initrd.gz quiet

Computer has an amd64 cpu, and using sata drives. I also tried reinstalling on a smaller sata drive, but same error. For what it's worth I installed an encrypted lvm version of kali on my laptop with no issues, so I'm not fudging anything up during the install.

What other information can I provide that can help? During the install I've been using the option "put everything in one partition" the one for newbies.

Any tips, or thoughts? Much appreaciated.