Compilar Kernel utilizando config. atual apresenta erros

["Wendell A. Silva" <wendell@ctech.srv.br>]

Salve!

Estou utilizando o Debian Sarge com o kernel padrão. Ao tentar 
configurar o kernel 2.6.16.15 para compilação os seguintes erros são 
apresentados ao rodar o make menuconfig:

# using defaults found in /boot/config-2.6.8-2-386
#
/boot/config-2.6.8-2-386:13:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
CLEAN_COMPILE
/boot/config-2.6.8-2-386:84:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
X86_EMU486
/boot/config-2.6.8-2-386:384:warning: trying to assign nonexistent 
symbol PARPORT_OTHER
/boot/config-2.6.8-2-386:470:warning: trying to assign nonexistent 
symbol IDE_TASKFILE_IO
/boot/config-2.6.8-2-386:478:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for 
BLK_DEV_IDEPNP
/boot/config-2.6.8-2-386:489:warning: trying to assign nonexistent 
symbol BLK_DEV_ADMA
.......

Se eu remover o /boot/config-2.6.8-2-386, recebo as seguintes mensagens:

scripts/kconfig/mconf arch/i386/Kconfig
#
# using defaults found in arch/i386/defconfig
#
arch/i386/defconfig:13:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
CLEAN_COMPILE
arch/i386/defconfig:121:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
HAVE_DEC_LOCK
arch/i386/defconfig:171:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
PCI_USE_VECTOR
arch/i386/defconfig:173:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
PCI_NAMES
arch/i386/defconfig:216:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol 
PARPORT_PC_CML1
......

Com os fontes originais do Debian ( kernel-source-2.6.8) as mensagens 
não ocorrem.

Como posso resolver esse problema?

Obrigado,

Wendell