Kernel Build

[Joe Byers <joe-byers@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I could use some help.  I have an old HP Pavillion 6300 with and AMD K6 
366 processor.  My fedora version is 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 with uname - as i586
My first problem was trying to get my Dell 1180 Wireless USB adapter to 
work.  Compiling ndiswrapper kept returning vermagic error and version 
errors.  Dmesg said module struct mismatch.  Trying to modprobe with -f 
locked the computer.
From this problem I tried to compile my kernel with the K6 processor 
option and 4K buffer option off.  Because, the src files from fedora had 
the 686 option selected.  When I reboot I get multiple insmod errors for 
various XXX.ko modules, it can't find dev/misc, and others which causes 
a kernel panic.  It does find the LVM partitions but can't seem to 
access them.
I can not list all the output because the machine has no internet 
connection and I have to switch to my other computers to search the 
internet and post messages.  So please forgive for not posting the 
various error dumps.
Thank you
Joe