Building a new kernel on RH EL 3.0

[Margaret Doll]

The system is currently running 2.4.21-27.0.2.EL.  I have installed  
kernel-source-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL so that I can build a new kernel.

I followed the instructions on

https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin- 
guide/s1-custom-kernel-modularized.html

to build a new kernel.  I need to add netatalk (Appletalk)  connections  
  to my  kernel.

The procedure produces

initrd-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELAppleTalk-1.img
System.map-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELAppleTalk-1
vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELAppleTalk-1,

put modules in /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.2.ELAppleTalk-1

and modified /boot/grub/grub.conf


It does not produce  a corresponding config file in /boot or a  
corresponding vmlinux file.

/boot/vmlinuz points to vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.2.ELAppleTalk-1
/boot/System.map points to System.map-2.4.21-27.0.2.EL

The new kernel does not boot.

What have I missed?