Kernel Compile Errors

[Jesse Lee]

here are the erros I get when I am compiling my kernel.   as86 -o -a [bootsect.o]             bootsect.s make[1]: as86: command not found make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] error 127   make [zimage] Error 2   then it stops and the zImage is not created.   now I am running kernel 2.0.34 I have tried it with kernel 2.2.2 and 2.2.3. am I missing some files? do I need to update something?  (I actually sucessfully upgraged to kernel 2.0.36 but then tried to mess around again and ended up reinstalling!)