Hey Group; I seemed to have fixed the gcc 3.3 problem here. On a very fresh installed from CDs. I have a previous config floppy "user.sel" file. So no changes to the reload. I did find that previously I did not select "binutils". This time I did select them and now thing seem to work. So maybe the default selection of binutils was not done and the dependencies missed it. But life is beautiful again. If you are having problem check and see if you have /usr/bin/ar (one of the binaries) -- 73 de Donn Washburn __ " http://www.hal-pc.org/~n5xwb " Ham Callsign N5XWB / / __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 307 Savoy St. / /__ / / / \/ / / /_/ / \ \/ / Sugar Land, TX 77478 /_____/ /_/ /_/\__/ /_____/ /_/\_\ LL# 1.281.242.3256 a MSDOS Virus "Free Zone" OS Email: n5xwb@hal-pc.org Info: http://www.knoppix.net