custom install disks?

[".d3" <gt2092b prism gatech edu>]

I'm sure this question must have been asked already, but
I couldn't find it anywhere in the archives or the documentation.

When I try to boot the Red Hat 5.0 (or 4.2 for that matter)
install disk, everything seems to go fine until it gets to the
scsi section.

At that point I see the messages:
scsi: 0 hosts 
scsi: detected total

Or something like that.  Then my computer completely freezes
up.

I have Linux working on my system currently (with the latest kernel),
so what I'd like to do is make a custom install disk with my working
kernel.

Is this possible?  If not, is there a way to disable the scsi section
(all my drives are IDE)?  I'm assuming that that is what is locking it
up.

Thanks,

Ed.