configuring the kernel

["Rob" <rwideman@austin.rr.com>]

I have a couple questions of which i am unsure of.  Last nite i did my first
kernel compilation and i am thinking that i might have been too tired for
doing this at 6A (yes stayed up all nite).  I might have said yes to a few
things and no to a few things that i shouldnt have and want to reconfigure
the kernel.  The only problem is i am not sitting through another 1.5 hrs of
Y/N questions on which 75% i am not sure of while not having any sleep for
about 25 hrs. I would rather install RH 2 or 3 before going through that
again.
I have RH 7.1 and want to update to 2.4.7. I have the most basic install
(the only thing i selected during isntall was kernel development and
development so i can compile and redo the kernel of course).

Qustions:
1-does "make menuconfig" require X to be installed? I dont have X, i just
have RH 7.1 with kernel dev and kernel sources installed (atleast those were
the ONLY things i had selected during install).
2-if i untared/unpacked the kernel to the folder /root/newkern (here is
where i did the "gzip -cd linux 2.4.7...... |tar xvf -" command) is it ok to
delete the newkern folder and unpack nd then do the "make menuconfig"?