As per my prior submit as follows:

Running on SVN 27152 win 64. I crash trying to bake a normal map of a 2x2 mesh with 13K faces. Settings exactly as
in my blend file example. Click Mesh.001 then shift click Mesh then bake - instant crash. No Python errors reading in
the Console.

I am running on a Win 7 64bit with Nividia GForce 9500 GT card.
HP AMD Phenom II x 4 810 Processor 2.60 GHz 8 gig Ram.

Ive included a simple blend file that repeats the crash for me.

Campbell Barton responded

Date: 2010-02-27 17:32
Sender: Campbell Barton

thanks for including the example file.

tested and this doesnt crash for me on ubuntu karmic 32bit, blender
27174.

Since that time I confirmed by installing Ubuntu Karmic 32 bit on my machine as a dual operator that indeed it bakes just fine (and very quick i might add). However in Win 7 64 bit and 32 bit it fails and crashes. I am resubmitting this as a windows bug.

Thank you again Campbell for the prompt attention to this bug.