>From: Markus Illenseer <markus@server.peacock.de>
>Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 09:46:56 +0000 (GMT)

> The "configure" script tries to figure out whether my fifo's work or
>not. The script includes a small source-fragment, which is compiled
>and started. Immediatly after starting, my machine crashes and goes into
>the kernel debugger.

Does your kernel config contain:

options		FIFO

If not, try adding it and see if the problem goes away.  However,
using FIFOs under a kernel that doesn't support them shouldn't crash
the machine.

What do you get from the DDB backtrace ("bt" command, I think) when
the crash occurs?
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