problem when booting 2.4.2

[sri gg]

Hello,
      I recently compiled the 2.4.2 kernel on x86, 
and installed it. when booting off it, it fails to 
open the /dev/tty's and dumps the following messages..
=========================================
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[786]:
/dev/tty4: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[785]:
/dev/tty3: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[787]:
/dev/tty5: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[788]:
/dev/tty1: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[789]:
/dev/tty2: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[790]:
/dev/tty3: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[793]:
/dev/tty6: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[794]:
/dev/tty1: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[791]:
/dev/tty4: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[795]:
/dev/tty2: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[797]:
/dev/tty5: No such file or direct
ory
May  6 02:32:40 localhost /sbin/mingetty[796]:
/dev/tty3: No such file or direct
============================================
  Because of that, it is not able to get the keyboard
or the mouse.. and everything is hung. It does accept
the ctrl+alt+del to shutdown..

Another question which i wanted to ask was, how does
the new kernel know where to find the new compiled
modules in the /lib/modules directoy? I have my old
modules in /lib/modules/2.2.16, and my new modules 
under /lib/modules/2.4.2.  

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
srimg.

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