Hi, You need bin86. This is mentioned in the README that comes with kernel-package, the README that comes with kernel-source-*, the extended description of the kernel-source package (which is seen in dselect), the extended description of the kernel-package package.
I guess I should also mention it in other places, and am open to sugestions. By the way, I strongly suggest people compiling kernel image debian packages to read the /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz file *before* attempting a compilation. manoj ______________________________________________________________________ INSTALLATION NOTES: Before you go any further, please allow me to point out that you need to have a few other packages installed before you can compile your own kernels (it is difficult to compile anything without a compiler ;-). Firstly, you will need gcc, the libc development package (libc5-dev or libc6-dev at the time of writing), and, on Intel platforms, bin86. [If you use the menuconfig target of make, you will need ncursesX.X-dev, and make xconfig also requires tkX.X-dev, and other packages these depend on] The packages suggested are: devel: gcc, libc5-dev/libc6-dev, binutils, make, and, for intel x86 platforms, bin86 (non-Intel platforms don't need this). interpreters: awk, which is contained in either the mawk or gawk packages base: gzip, shellutils, and grep. [SNIP] ______________________________________________________________________ -- "It does not pay a prophet to be too specific." Sprague de Camp Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]