kernel2.4.21
 

recently i compiled kernel2.4.21.but after successfull custom compilation when i boot it says
"uncompressing kernel.....ok booting kernel"
and gets stucks there.it doesnt proceed any more.what could be the reason for this?any ideas?

What are the commands you ran to compile the kernel and install it. Also, what distro are you using? Are you starting from scratch? (i.e. "make mrproper") or are you starting with your distro's config file?

i am using RH9 i used make mrproper,make menuconfig,make dep,make bzImage,make modules,make modules_install,make modules_install.

Did you run "make install"? This command will copy the compressed kernel image to /boot and update your GRUB file. Assuming your using GRUB. Don't worry about not getting it right the first time, it is trial and error for most of us.

yeah,i did make install but...........???

Redhat should have a config file in /boot/config. After you do make mrproper you can copy this file to /usr/src/linux/.config then run make oldconfig.
Make sure you have the proper CPU selected.