Kernel extremely large after compile

[Joey McDaniel <joeymcdaniel@earthlink.net>]

I'm running a standard Woody system on an Athlon 850.  A compile of 
Kernel 2.4.18 with IDE, PPP, Sound, PS/2 and very little else comes up 
with a kernel a little over 2 megs. This is the second installation of 
Woody on the computer, the first time I didn't have this problem but 
when I reinstalled it, the problem came up.