>to test copy the /boot/config-2.2.17 file to >/usr/src/linux/.config (or wherever you put the kernel >source) and run > >make dep ; make clean ; make bzImage
I tried a slight variation on this idea. I ran menuconfig again, made a few changes and saved the configuration file before it had time to crash. I then ran /usr/bin/make-kpkg clean ...went O.K and then /usr/bin/make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel-image \ 2>&1 | tee ~/kernel-compile.txt and it crashed again. From the file ~/kernel-compile.txt it was clear that there was a 'fatal signal 11' which I understand means that there is some problem with the memory. I suppose that that was the problem all along. Thanks for your assistance. I suppose I'll need some new memory for this computer or maybe I'll try and remove some of it's memory and try to find out which one of the memory modules is at fault. Thanx again. T:Irvine
