> Ditto.
> 
> I managed to install the entire Sparc distribution without a hitch.  When
> I try to build my own kernel, I get random kernel panics and user-level
> core dumps.

My problem turned out to be incorrectly configured memory. It turns out I did
not have 8meg, I really had 20meg. What I thought was all 1meg simms was a
mixture of 1 and 4 meg simms.

Try re-seating your memory.

-- 
Karl Hakimian
hakimian@eecs.wsu.edu