How to: setup kernel source tree on ubuntu

[santispor]

I am having Ubuntu 6.06 Draper Drake. I want to write a device driver on linux kernel version 2.6.24.2. I have downloaded the linux-2.6.24.2.tar.bz2 in /usr/src of ubuntu and unpacked it. I wrote the driver code, but found that I need to configure the kernel tree first. Can anybody please tell how to configure the linux kernel source 2.6.24.2 tree on ubuntu draper drake.
Is it possible to use linux kernel 2.6.24 on ubuntu for driver development?
I am not installing the 2.6.24 version, but use it only for the development.

Thank you in advance.
Santispor