"I'd check your RAM as well. Had a few times on an old i686 machine where flaky RAM could cause issues like this."
When you say to check the RAM, you are referring to running memtest, correct? "The only thing I can think of is that there was some mistake made in Chapter 5, The only other possibility is some sort of host system kernel issue, but that is quite unlikely." I readily admit the likelihood that I made a mistake in Chapter 5, but just in case, the output of various uname commands: -v: "#1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02)" -p: "unknown" -i: "unknown: -m: "i686" Thank you for your assistance. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
