After ./bootstrap && ./configure

I cd into the /kernel directory..

and running make gives this error..


username@linux:~/btsco> cd kernel/
username@linux:~/btsco/kernel> make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.10'
Makefile:465: .config: No such file or directory
 
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.10/Module.symvers
is  missing, modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.
 
  CC [M]  /home/username/btsco/kernel/btsco.o
/bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/home/username/btsco/kernel/btsco.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/cusernamem/btsco/kernel] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.10'
make: *** [default] Error 2


(I've read the README, all links referring to the README and a quick
tutorial on rebuilding kernel and kernel modules.)  Nothing really jumps
out as the answer unless I should have this stuff in a different
directory?  (There are a couple fixdep on my computer, but I'm not sure
if I should ln -s it somewhere..)  Sorry for the newbie question..