[Buildroot] Bootloaders

[Jason Valenzuela <jvalenzuela@dspfl.com>]

Trying to get my first root fs ready to boot and I can't seem to get any 
of the bootloaders to compile.

Grub complains about not finding a specific patch on the debian ftp site.

syslinux complains while building to the tune of
"as: option '-alternate' doesn't allow an argument." This is the 'as' 
that is provided in my default i486 slackware host system.

U-boot dies with *** No rule to make target `_config'.

pxelinux I haven't tried as my target host isn't going to be on a network.

Am I missing something stupid?

Thanks,
Jason Valenzuela