Can't seem to get my kernel to compile (RH8 and phoebe)

Ok, I had issues with my new laptop and RH8. It would freeze during
install when it would scan for my partitions. My laptop is a compaq Evo
1020v, and any information on this laptop would be appreciated.

Anyway, I got it working with an IBM hardrive and RH8, but I lost hard
drive performance. I put the original drive in, and I loaded the latest
phoebe release.

I can't compile the kernel, even with the pre-packaged configs. It errors
out in the folder /usr/src/linux-2.4/mm
I downloaded a fresh copy of the vanilla 2.4.20 kernel, and have the same
problem. I can't get past this error. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

BTW: I like what I see as far as what RH 8.1 might look like, but why in
the world do they disable menu editing in Gnome2? Is there a menu editor
available, or coming in the future? I'm tired of using KDE, but at least
I can change my menus.

Adam