🚀 go-pugleaf

I am trying to recompile kernel 2.0.36 on a relatively new RH5.2
installation.

I've downloaded the kernel source and decompressed it to
/usr/src/linux. and made sure that the header files listed below exist
in the /usr/src/linux/include/ASM,LINUX,SCSI directories and that
symlinks from /usr/include point to them.  I don't think the answer to
my problem is a difficult one but I can't seem to find it the README
or kernel-howto.
 
I can run "make mrproper " with no problems and I can run "make
config" as well.  
I can't run "make xconfig".  When I try I get the following error

[root@localhost /root]# cd /usr/src/linux
[root@localhost linux]# make xconfig
rm -f include/asm
( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
make -C scripts kconfig.tk
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
make -C /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound mkscript
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound'
Compiling Sound Driver v 3.5.5-beta1 for Linux
rm -f configure
gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -o configure configure.c
configure.c:19: stdio.h: No such file or directory
configure.c:20: unistd.h: No such file or directory
configure.c:21: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
configure.c:22: fcntl.h: No such file or directory
configure.c:23: string.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [mkscript] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/drivers/sound'
make[1]: *** [soundscript] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/scripts'
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2
[root@localhost linux]# 

Likewise, when I try and run "make dep" I get the test below

[root@localhost linux]# cd /usr/src/linux
[root@localhost linux]# make dep
gcc -I/usr/src/linux/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -o scripts/mkdep
scripts/mkdep.c
scripts/mkdep.c:1: stdio.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:2: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:4: string.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:5: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:6: sys/stat.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:7: unistd.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:8: sys/fcntl.h: No such file or directory
scripts/mkdep.c:9: sys/mman.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [scripts/mkdep] Error 1
[root@localhost linux]# 

Any help greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance

Johnj...........