AMD FX-51 64 bit gcc 3.4 make bootstrap error

[Bob Barton]

I am trying to install gcc 3.4.0 for the 64 bit AMD FX-51 processor
running RedHat Enterprise 3 WS. The process seems to get quite a ways
along when I get the following error

/usr/bin/ld: cannot open crti.o: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [32/libgcc_s_32.so] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/barton/gcc-obj/gcc'
make[2]: *** [stmp-multilib] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/barton/gcc-obj/gcc'
make[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/barton/gcc-obj/gcc'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

the only crti.o file I can find on the system is /usr/lib64/crti.o. If I
make a link at /usr/lib to there I then get message that lc cannot be
found. I did some checking around and the mailing lists I browsed mainly
dealt with cross-compiling; all I want is the native build to work.

Suggestions and pointers welcomed.

-- 
Bob Barton <bob.barton@ualberta.ca>
Chemical & Materials Engineering University of Alberta