Newbie having Problems checking files out of CVS

[Rebecca . R . Hepper]

Hello All,

I am having some problems checking files out of CVS.

To check the files in, I checked out CVSROOT and modified the CVSROOT/modules 
file.  In the modules file I entered two lines to show the path in the
repository
and the desired name:
TCO/kernel
kernel TCO/kernel

I then committed the modules file.

Then I imported the files in my directory
cvs import -m"Initial Revision" TCO/kernel vend start

And tried to check them out:
cvs checkout -P -d kernel_compile kernel

The files appeared in my kernel_compile directory, but the CVS directory did 
not.  Here are the messages I received:
cvs checkout:  in directory kernel_compile
cvs checkout:  cannnot open CVS/Entries for reading:  No such file or directory
cvs server:  updating kernel_compile
U kernel_compile/kernel.py
cvs checkout:  Cannot open CVS/Entries.log:  No such file or directory

Does anyone have any thoughts on what I did wrong?

Thank you,
Rebecca