Listing 3. You will need information about your CPU and RAM before
recompiling your kernel.

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 8
model name      : Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+
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$ cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:       483488 kB
MemFree:         11560 kB
Buffers:         19888 kB
Cached:         323408 kB
SwapCached:       2768 kB
Active:         166432 kB
Inactive:       230396 kB
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