Bug 29758

Summary:	genkernel "make bzImage" filemap.c `generic_file_write'
Product:	Gentoo Release Media	Reporter:	Tim Baldwin <empireinfo623>
Component:	Everything	Assignee:	John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) <zhen>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	major	CC:	mholzer
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Tim Baldwin 2003-09-27 11:11:35 UTC

I am installing gentoo, when running genkernel, everything is [ ok ] until I get to `*Running "make bzImage"' genkernel just ends. in the log i found (among other bugs, which are posted separately):  cgg-D_kernel_ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototype -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipr -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i386 -nostdinc -iwithprefix -include-DKBUILD-BASENAME=cdrom -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c cdrom.c filemap.c: In function `generic_file_write': filemap.c:3347: internal error: Segmentation fault ---some text telling me to submit an eroor report--- make [2] ***[filemap.o] Error 1 make [2]: leaving dir `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7/mm' make [1] ***[first_rule] Error 2 make [1]: leaving dir `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r7/mm' make: ***[_dir_mm] Error 2 make: *** waiting for unfinished jobs

Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-22 20:40:10 UTC

errors such as yours usually point to hardware problems, such as bad RAM
or
overheating. Make sure your case is properly ventilated, and run memtest
on your
RAM (memtest is available on the most recent LiveCDs)