How to boot a custom Kernel

['Terra NovA' B. Loeding]

Ok. I'm using the Debian 2.0 distro with kernel 2.0.34.
However, I need driver support for my sound card and
my scsi which is in kernel ver. 2.1.late.

So how do I create a boot disk with kernel support for my
scsi cdrom. Or better yet, patch the kernel on the Debian
boot disk. I need cd access to install the distro.

I have no problem accessing a kernel source from the hard drive
and getting it to compile. But the image is around 8 megs.
Which is a lot bigger than a floppy.