compile kernel error in RHEL 3

I want install kernel 2.4.31 in rhel3
when I compile it, it shows some errors:

Root device is (8, 2)
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2518 bytes.
System is 1476 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy
sh -x ./install.sh 2.4.31 bzImage /usr/src/linux-2.4.31/System.map ""
+ '[' -x /root/bin/installkernel ']'
+ '[' -x /sbin/installkernel ']'
+ exec /sbin/installkernel 2.4.31 bzImage
/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/System.map ''
depmod: cannot read ELF header from /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.dep
depmod: cannot read ELF header from
/lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.generic_string
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.ieee1394map is not an ELF file
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.isapnpmap is not an ELF file
depmod: cannot read ELF header from
/lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.parportmap
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.pcimap is not an ELF file
depmod: cannot read ELF header from
/lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.pnpbiosmap
depmod: /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.usbmap is not an ELF file
No module aic7xxx found for kernel 2.4.31, aborting.
mkinitrd failed
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.31/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [install] Error 2

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