adding kernel

Hi Having some trouble with adding an kernel and booting it i put the kernel image i built in /boot and i added the lines in lilo.conf and then ran lilo and it said it added it but when i boot the computer up it doesnt show in the list to be able to pick that image to boot up as i try from the text mode to boot it and said no such image am i missing adding something somewhere thanks for any info on how to add this this kernel was built from an linux source i d/l from kernel.org it isnt an suse rpm one thanks BOB