Ipchains in SuSE 8.0

Hello all, Someone know how to run Ipchains in SuSE 8.0?, I know that it run in kernel 2.2.x, I installed the SuSE 8.0 and it is with kernel 2.4.18 How can I install kernel 2.2.x in SuSE 8 ??, but I should like to use my own script writen in 2.2 kernel sorry the mistakes, By Lindomar,