new kernel

[hsdrgmi]

i tried to install a new kernel, but make install displayed
"WARNING: No module ata_piix found for kernel, continuing anyway"

if i postpone this, and just keep using old kernel, could there be some problems, as i already did "make install" ?

[renkinjutsu]

make install? Can you actually do that?
download the package kernel-package and fakeroot (assuming you already have build-essentials)

sudo aptitude install kernel-package fakeroot

to configure you kernel (you'll need qt3 installed if you want to use xconfig) do either
make xconfig
or
make menuconfig

and instead of `make install` do
fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers