[ale] as86 trouble compiling kernel

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Laith Haddadin (laith_h at hotmail.com) said this stuff:

> Hi,
>   I'm having trouble compiling a rh 2.0.33 kernel.  make zImage dies 
> after it makes the object files.  It spits out errors about as86:
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory 
> `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/linux/arch/i386/boot'as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o 
> bootsect.sas86: unrecognized option `-0'make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 
> 1make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/linux/arch/i386/boot'make: *** [zImage] Error 2

you have a different version of as than the Makefile assumes (from the looks
of things, as86 is GNU as on your system, which doesn't accept -0).  This is
not a problem with kernel 2.0.35.

> 
> does this mean I don't have am86 on my system and if so what do I need 
> to do to put it on my system.  
> 
> Thanks,
>   Laith E.H.
> 
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