On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 08:38:08PM -0400, dman wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:15:42PM -0500, Brian McGroarty wrote: > | My machine locks hard during kernel compiles with any stock Debian > | 2.4.x kernel. > | > | Using 2.2.x, I can compile without an incident. > > Try running memtest86 to make sure you don't have any bad memory. > Compiling the kernel is sure to require a lot from the system (I'm > compiling right now, actually). > > -D
I have already done this, actually. Also, I have ECC memory, and ECC is enabled in the BIOS. Would Linux make a special note of an ECC exception?