Help with kernel compilation!

[John Navil Joseph <cs99185@nitc.ac.in>]

Hi,

I was trying to compile the kernel 2.4.20 on a newly installed
Redhat 8.0 system.

The kernel and the modules was compiled successfully. 

But i was getting the following error when executing "make install"

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Setup is 2521 bytes.
System is 964 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy
sh -x ./install.sh 2.4.20 bzImage /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/System.map ""
+ '[' -x /root/bin/installkernel ']'
+ '[' -x /sbin/installkernel ']'
+ exec /sbin/installkernel 2.4.20 bzImage /usr/src/linux-2.4.20/System.map ''
grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/boot'
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However i managed to configure grub manually by adding the new image.
But i couldn't boot with the new kernel.

It hangs with "Loading kernel....."!

Can anyone tell me what i am missing here..?

TIA,
	john

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