Rebuilding Kernel, Cannot Install

[Taylor Smith]

Hello Y'all,
I'm trying to rebuild my kernel (2.4.21-166 on SuSE 9.0, i586) without
Kernel PCMCIA builtin (it's a laptop, IBM t40), so that I can do some PCMCIA
driver work with the external pcmcia_cs package. Anyway, I ran "make clean"
and "make mrproper" as advised to clean up. I got the kernel configured the
way I wanted it with "make xconfig" and then I started the build process.
"make dep" "make boot" "make bzImage" "make" "make modules" "make install"
"make modules_install," as told from the articles and readmes I've read on
rebuilding the kernel. Then I tried to actually install the kernel manually
(as told by the read me) by moving
"[sources_directory]/arch/i386/boot/bzImage" into the boot directory with a
name of my choosing and then updating the GRUB boot entry. I go to that
directory, there is nothing there kernel image wise, just some more source
files. No bzImage, no zImage, no vmlinuz, nothing that appears to have been
compiled is in that directory, and yet there is nothing in my /boot
directory that has a modification date of today. I cannot find the new
kernel image anywhere.

I know it's not always easy to help a newbie who hasn't recompiled a kernel
before, but I would at least call my self "competent" in linux, though I'm
no expert. If anyone has anything helpful to share, I'd appreciate it
greatly!! I have installed the kernel_sources package that was shipped with
SuSE 9.0 and it is installed in /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-166

Thank you,
Taylor Smith

PS: For those wondering, I do know that external PCMCIA is being phased out,
but I'd still like to use it because I'm trying to patch a wireless driver
that claims that it must be loaded by "pcmcia_cs" and not by the Kernel's
internal PCMCIA. Again, thanks for any help!