After trying lots of combinations, I finally got a kernel that would boot
(1.3.18 compiled in ELF with gcc 2.7.0, libc 5.0.9, ld.so 1.7.3) but
sendmail has serious problems; it was SEGVing. I recompiled it, and now
it brings down the kernel. The error messages go by too fast to be sure,
but I think the first error message is that sendmail is trying to free a
kernel page. "not good" it says.
"A straightforward checksum algorithm is not completely resistant to
purposeful attack." -- Steve Walton, 'Image Authentication for a
Slippery New Age', Dr. Dobbs Journal April 1995