I have managed to build the 2.6.24.4 linux kernel with:
make
make modules
make modules_install
make install
however when I reboot and choose the 2.6.24.4 kernel after the "Uncompressing" message I get numerous errors of which the first one is:
mount: error mounting /dev on /dev as tmpfs. Invalid argument

I think the error has to do with the selection in the .config file but am unable to find it.

Any ideas? I have tried out options as a search here revealed but none worked.

Thanks