befuddled

[Michael Skipper <mskipper@glue.umd.edu>]

I've installed potato (kernel 2.2.15) on
my thinkpad from the install floppies, but
some things seem wrong. I am a rank amateur
which doesn't help, but (for instance) it
seems as though I should see some kind of
kernel (symlink or otherwise) at 

/usr/src

but this directory is empty (save for . and ..)

Also, the man command is not found, as in:

XXXXX:~# man hwclock ----> bash: man: command not found

sorry to bother this list, but I'm lost and
help seems elusive. Most books/sites recommend
(re)building the kernel as a useful and profitable
thing to do early on, but some real basic 
functionality seems missing from this install

this is the 16 floppy potato (rescue, root-bin,
drivers1-3 and base1-11). 

Any suggestions are welcome
TIA
Mike