kernel compile error-help

[mel <melk@switchpwr.com>]

hi,
Trying to compile sound support into a kernel (2.0.36), i am getting the
following error messages:
after `make zImage`
make[1] as86 command not found
make [1] ***[bootsect.o] Error 127
make[1] Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arc/i386/boot`
make[1] ***[zImage] error  2
How can this be corrected ..what is wrong?
Running slink V2.1 on a Thoshiba Laptop 8000.
best-mel