Compiling the kernel problems

I am currently doing this tutorial for install my ADSL USB modem under Linux:
http://www.geocities.com/potato.geo/alcatel.html
But I am kinda stuck,how do I actually iinstall the new kernel?
I executed these commands,but what now?:
make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
(bzImage is then located in /usr/src/arch/i386/boot/)

I read somewhere that I have to edit lilo.conf,but what exactly should I do?Because LILO is written on a floppy,so when the floppy is in the drive it boots Linux and otherwise it boots Windows.And how do I check which kernel I am running?uname -a?

Copy the file to /boot by something like

cp /usr/src/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/newkernel

Then mount your floppy and edit lilo.conf and add something like

image = /boot/newkernel
label = new
read-only

and run /sbin/lilo

And when you reboot, just choose the new kernel and see what happens...

Use uname -a to see which kernel you're using.

//NoXcuz

You can also put your new kernel directly onto a floppy by navigating back to your source tree and typing:

make bzdisk

make sure you have a brand-new floppy in the drive. If you want to use the new kernel than you can overwrite the old one as above. . .but make sure it works perfect before erasing your old one, in fact, you should probably move the old one elsewhere so you always have a copy.

You won't always get your kernel onto a floppy - mine is currently 1036642 bytes, so would have been okay for make bzdisk.

Also, you could leave all your kernels in / should you what the option of booting one or the other.. just edit your lilo.conf as above, with a new image description for each kernel on offer.

note that when you run /sbin/lilo, lilo will write the new partition table. you can set the level of verbosity of this command by adding -v up to 5 times, so /sbin/lilo -v -v won't be as verbose as /sbin/lilo -v -v -v or /sbin/lilo -v 5 (another way of specifying vebosity level)

fun, huh!
Christo