gcc and cpp errors

[Nathan Ridge <ridgey@mackay.matilda.net.au>]

has anyone seen the following errors before? :

gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 4
gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
cpp0: output pipe has closed

I am trying to compile kernel-source-2.2.17, seems to be very random, I can
simply try again, and it may go further, until it get stucks on a certain .c
file, then after a reboot, will go a little further.  Have tried stable and
unstable packages.  Any help appreciated.

Regards
Nathan