There's a separate package that contains as86. The package is bin86 and can be found from section devel. Here's the description:
Assembler and loader for kernel compilation. In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: > kernal. I get most of the way through the make zImage phase and the > process stops with the following error message > > as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s > make[1]: as86: Command not found -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]