Hi William: to compile kernels you need to make sure you have the following packages installed. Bin86, binutils and gcc. As well you need to have a fairly recent version of bash running at least greater than 2.0. I would check to make sure you have all of these packages installed, the newer the better. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061