[root@rh8x3 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-2.5.9/scripts'
cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk
./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk
drivers/isdn/Config.in: 10: incorrect argument
make[1]: *** [kconfig.tk] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.5.9/scripts'
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2

TWO QUESTIONS:
1>why is it linking to i386 and not asm-i686?
2>I can run menuconfig but not xconfig, note that when i run the previous kernel (2.18-14 from an rpm) i can run xconfig.
Please be kind, I'm new to building kernels...:)
 
P.S. (so miah, you doubt the speed, not the integrity of the files?)