install 2.6.4 kernel on rh8

[Paal Marker]

  I have big problems on this issue. My original kernel is 2.4.18-14.  I 
do not get any image files installed in /boot and neither 
/boot/grub/grub.conf  or /etc/grub.conf are updated when installing 
kernel 2.6.4.  If anyone has done this upgrade and have time to follow 
the steps I have done, I would be happy to know what I have done wrong.

The steps I have done is:


downloaded kernel linux 2.6.4.tar.gz
downloaded module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.tar.gz
downloaded modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm

tar xvfz module-init-tools-3.0-pre10.tar.gz
cd module-init-tools-3.0-pre10
./configure --prefix=/sbin
make
make install
./generate-modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.conf

Installing modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm:
rpm -i modutils-2.4.21-23.src.rpm
rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS//modutils.spec
rpm -Fi /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/modutils-2.4.21-23.i386.rpm

Installing the kernel: (used directory /home/src/kernel)
gunzip linux-2.6.4.tar.gz
tar xvf linux-2.6.4.tar
cd linux-2.6.4

Making /home/src/kernel/linux-2.6.4/.config
cp /usr/src/linux-2.4/configs/kernel-2.4.18-686.config 
/home/src/kernel/linux-2.6-3/.config
make oldconfig

edited line in .config, CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m to CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
Edited the Makefile:  EXTRAVERSION = -skim-ch6
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install
mkdir /sys

Editing /etc/rc.sysinit:
After line 'action $"Mounting proc filesystem: " mount -n -t  proc /proc 
/proc'  put in line 'action $"Mounting sysfs filesystem: " mount -n -t 
 sysfs /sys /sys'

After failing I tried to edit the .config file 'CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y and 
then run:
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
make install
This did not make any difference.

Contents of /boot:

boot.b
chain.b
config-2.4.18-14
config-2.4.18-14debug
config-2.4.18-14uml
grub
initrd-2.4.18-14debug.img
initrd-2.4.18-14.img
kernel.h
lost+found
message
message.ja
module-info
module-info-2.4.18-14
module-info-2.4.18-14debug
module-info-2.4.18-14uml
os2_d.b
System.map
System.map-2.4.18-14
System.map-2.4.18-14debug
System.map-2.4.18-14uml
vmlinux-2.4.18-14
vmlinux-2.4.18-14debug
vmlinuz
vmlinuz-2.4.18-14
vmlinuz-2.4.18-14debug
vmlinuz-2.4.18-14uml