[ale] Kernel Compile Problem

[bain at crl.com (Todd B SanMillan)]

Howdy all,

Sorry to take everyone away from the internet seminars, but I ran into a 
problem compiling 2.0.28.  The compile bombs out with the following msgs

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.28/arch/i386/boot'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.28/include -E -D__ELF__ 
-traditional -DSVGA_MODE=NORMAL_VGA  bootsect.S -o bootsect.s
as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s
make[1]: as86: Command not found
make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.0.28/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [zImage] Error 2

I *think* that is all of what is relevant, if not I can send more of the 
output.  I amn't a programmer, so any clues as to what this is telling 
me?  Is there a straight-foward fix for it?  I *really* don't wanna go 
mucking around in the kernel sources. I am not qualified.  

OKay, I'll let us get back to the problem at hand. :)

Todd