Ok! By using Ubuntu 9.10 i386 and applying the following changes to a fresh download of the elks-0.1.3.tar.gz before doing make config, make dep, make Image: edit /arch/i86/boot/setup.S line 588 remove () from around CONFIG_CPU_80386 edit /arch/i86/drivers/char/Keymaps/mkcfg change "sort +1f" to "sort -f" I was able to get 95% there. It still errors out during linking of the image. as86 -0 -o boot/crt0.o boot/crt0.s (cd ../.. ; ld86 -0 -i \ arch/i86/boot/crt0.o arch/i86/boot/crt1.o \ init/main.o kernel/kernel.a fs/fs.a lib/lib.a net/net.a fs/minix/minixfs.a arch/i86/kernel/akernel.a arch/i86/lib/lib86.a arch/i86/mm/mm.a arch/i86/drivers/char/chr_drv.a arch/i86/drivers/block/blk_drv.a \ -t -M -o arch/i86/boot/system > System.tmp ; \ sort -k4 System.tmp > System.map ; rm -f System.tmp ) usage: ld86 [-03NMdimrstz[-]] [-llib_extension] [-o outfile] [-Ccrtfile] [-Llibdir] [-Olibfile] [-Ttextaddr] [-Ddataaddr] [-Hheapsize] infile... tools/build boot/bootsect boot/setup boot/system > boot/Image Root device is (3, -128) Boot sector 512 bytes. Setup is 1764 bytes. Unable to open 'system' make[1]: *** [Image] Error 1 However, by manually linking using the sample from Harley... cd ../.. ; ld86 -0 -i \ -t -M -o arch/i86/boot/system \ arch/i86/boot/crt0.o arch/i86/boot/crt1.o \ init/main.o kernel/kernel.a fs/fs.a lib/lib.a net/net.a fs/minix/minixfs.a arch/i86/kernel/akernel.a arch/i86/lib/lib86.a arch/i86/mm/mm.a arch/i86/drivers/char/chr_drv.a arch/i86/drivers/block/blk_drv.a \ > System.tmp ; \ sort -k4 System.tmp > System.map ; rm -f System.tmp ...then allowing make Image to finish, I was successful! So, why does make Image try to link differently then Harley's example? Does Arch vs Ubuntu really have anything to do with it? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html