I do have one little thing that I am stuck on.  I am trying to recompile the kernel and I am trying to follow the /usr/doc/kernel-package Readme file but I am not understanding the first step.  I have kernel-source 2.2.12.tar.gz in /usr/src now.  Do I need to gunzip it then un-tar it and then do the make config.  The read me talk about where to unpack it but i am not sure about the unpacking part. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Clyde