kernel boot failure..

[mel kravitz <melk@switchpwr.com>]

As usual,(DS10) i can not seem to install a usable kernel in linux.
What i did:
gcc 3.2,current kernel-'vmlinuz-2.2.20-generic'
1) got linux-2.4.20.tar.gz from kernel.org
2)tar xzvf linux-2.4.20.tar.gz in /usr/src, mv linux-2.4.20  linux
in /usr/src/linux:
3)make menuconfig
4)make dep
5) make
produces /usr/src/linux/vmlinux and /usr/src/linux/System.map
6)make modules
7) make modules_install, (/lib/modules/2.2.20 and 2.4.20 are there)
8)in /usr/src/linux:
gzip -9 vmlinux, cp vmlinux.gz  /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20
cp System.map  /boot
ln -s /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20  /vmlinuz-2.4.20
8)edit /etc/aboot.conf, added:
1:1/vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root/sda1 (0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1, boots
generic kernel real fine)
on boot i get:
'Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
000000000000..
Cpu0 Swapper(0):Oops0
pc...
v0..
..
kernel panic: Attempted to kill ..
In idle task- idle task! not syncing.
What's wrong here?
-Mel