Kernel compile errors

Random (random@host.pier37.com)
Sat, 29 Nov 1997 00:28:29 -0800 (PST)

I tried to compile a 2.0.32 kernel for my linux box, and I started getting
some rather obscure faults, so I erased the 2.0.32 src tree and
re-installed the original Redhat kernel source RPMs (Redhat 4.2 Biltmore
2.0.30 kernel). I've compiled this kernel about twenty times, and I'm
currently running a 2.0.31 kernel which also compiled without a hitch.
This is what I got when I tried to re-compile the Biltmore kernel from a
fresh --force RPM installation

gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.30/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m386 -DCPU=386 -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
make: *** [init/main.o] Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[root@host linux]# cpp: output pipe has been closed

I don't suppose anyone has some idea what's going on, please?

R