Error compiling kernel

[Gutierrez Family]

Hi everyone,   I tried to re-compile the kernel (to include generic SCSI support for my scanner) and ran into problems.  Here's what I did - as far as I can remember (following the instructions in the README file found in the kernel source directory):   1) logged in as root 1) ran the xconfig program and selected my options 2) ran 'make dep' (from within /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/) 2) ran 'make zImage' ( also from /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/) and it compiled for quite a while until I got the following message:   "nm vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$\)\|\( [aU] \)\|\(\.\.ng$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot' 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/kernel-source-2.2.17/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [zImage] Error 2 navi:/usr/src/linux#   "   Do you know how I can get the kernel compiled fully?   Thanks in advance.