John Francis Lee wrote: > I've compiled many kernels since the 2.0 releases. I've never had any > trouble like this before. > > I've just deleted the source tree for 2.6.8.1, untared the binary and > begun again... "I repeat the same fault over and over." *Exactly* the same problem? It's just that if your memory was going, this might well be the first time it caused you any problems. Have you tried memtest86? James. -- E-mail address: james | Legacy (adj): @westexe.demon.co.uk | an uncomplimentary computer-industry epithet that | means 'it works'. | -- Anthony DeBoer