The "normal" way of compiling a kernel does not use make-kpkg. Instead, it uses the following steps:
cd /usr/src/linux which should point to the 2.4.20 kernel (unzipped) files .:: management.ju.edu.jo ::. .:: telegra.ph ::. .:: camp-fire.jp ::. .:: sub4sub.net ::. [Symfony Repositories] [Microsoft SQL Server Community]
make dep
make clean
make bzImage
make modules (remember to unpack your modules first)