APM support on thinkpad

["Neil Hollow" <nhollow obg93 obg ed ac uk>]

I have loaded the APMD but do not have kernel support to run it (RH5.2
2.036).  I wish to recompile the existing kernel source to put it in.

Two questions

1) according to some documentation I found on the internet which tells me
which  options to leave in after recompilation I need to "copy the PCMCIA
modules to the right directory for the custom kernel to be able to use them,
or create a link to the directory where they are installed" can anyone give
me any pointers on this statement?

2)  It would be nice at the same time to strip out any unneeded drivers. 
Are there any obvious ones I can get rid of.  I have a parallel EPAT CDrom,
PPP a floppy etc and is there any tip for a kernel recompilation newbie? 
Ta. NH