Error when building custom kernel

["David Kanter" <KANTERD@bcbsil.com>]

I followed all the directions for making a custom kernel the debian way. When I get to the "make-kpkg" part, everything works fine until I get this error:

make[2]: as86: Command not found
make[2]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.36/arch/i386/boot'
make[1]: *** [bzImage] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.0.36'
make: *** [build] Error 2

What is going on? I tried making a new kernel the traditional way, with make clean, make dep, and make zImage, but I get the same error. At any rate, I get no new image file. Any help?

Thanks,
Dave