Linux Sources

[JakeCatfox]

I downloaded a copy of the Linux 2.4.7 sources as a tar-gz file, and I 
suppose I need to install them into /usr/src. However, the tar-gz's contents 
are not at all indicative of that, and doing a make config just gives me a 
bunch of questions to set up a kernel. Do I just make a kernel from this dir 
I'm working from, or do the files need to be in /usr/src?