Linked by Ben Hughes on Tue 5th Oct 2004 19:16 UTC
GNU/Linux, and all other operating systems, are based around a kernel which controls hardware access and maximizes CPU and RAM efficiency by controlling when and how much programs get to use. The difference between Linux and most other operating systems (closed source ones at least BSD and other open source OS's you can do this with) is that you can compile the kernel to meet your needs.
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Before running make menuconfig, might I also suggest copying the old .config into the new /usr/src/linux directory (e.g. cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.5/.config /usr/src/linux) and running
make oldconfig
Your kernel will be configured the same as your old one, but you will be asked which of the new features you want. 9 times out of 10, you can then skip make menuconfig