Something

aptitude install --> 
bin86 libc6-dev kernel-package fakeroot gcc make 
module-init-tools libncurses4 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev initrd-tools

#cd /usr/src
#wget -c http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.x.x.tar.bz2
#bunzip2 linux-2.6.x.x.tar.bz2
#tar -xvf linux-2.6.x.x.tar
#ln -sf linux-2.6.x.x linux
#cd linux
-- now copy a working kernel-config from a working kernel
#cp /boot/config-2.6.x-x-x /usr/src/linux/.config
#make menuconfig
-- add or remove whatever you must - save or rename .config
#make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image -revision=YEAR.MONTH.DATE
-- wait... wait... wait...
#cd ..
#dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.x.x_YEAR.MONTH.DATE_i386.deb
-- wait...
#reboot