[TriLUG] Build A Kernel

[paul.cour1 at verizon.net]

Hello

I have a friends Laptop which has Fedora Core 2
installed. Runs fine.

Friend wants newer kernel.
Downloaded 2.6.11 from kernel.orq, no problem
got to point of "make bzImage",
makefile starts, but gives error:
cannot find ".config" file...

using find command, tried to find
.config file, none available,
but did find a 
"config-2.6.5-1358"

How to proceed with kernel build?

TIA

paulc