> ...it hangs every time I try to do a make build.  It hangs hard,
> usually in the middle of printing an output line if I'm watching the
> build, or with no output if I'm not.  And it's not just the serial port
> going south, because at the same time it stops answering pings.

....unplug and replug the ram simms?  Maybe you are hitting a bad simm
or bad connection on one?

Bob