New to Debian....compilation problems

[omicron <omicron@omicron.dyndns.org>]

hi
	i'm new to Debian and this list. I installed Debian 2.2r2. But
when i try to compile the kernel 2.4.1 source, then i get the message

gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 4

i have gcc 2.95.2-13 and libc6 2.1.3.Can you help me out ?
Thanx in advance,

regards
omicron


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