> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... ./configure: cd: conftest: Not a >directory > rm: cannot remove `conftest': Input/output error > rmdir: conftest: No such file or directory ... > config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in
Sound like a I/O error in directory where you run configure. I have that if I try to run a configure script with linux on a win32 or a NFS partition.
