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To determine hardware spec:
To determine hardware spec:
* plug in monitor & keyboard
* plug in monitor & keyboard
* Boot up (or while dbanning: ctrl-alt-f5 to start a shell)
* Boot up, check the BIOS diagnostics
* OR while dbanning: ctrl-alt-f5 to start a shell (will only show 900MB of RAM)


And then:
And then:
   $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | less
   $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | less
   $ cat /proc/meminfo | less
   $ cat /proc/meminfo | less
Caution: the dban boot loader does not make all RAM available, you'll probably only see 900MB in meminfo.


For DIMM layout (and to identify dead DIMMs), motherboard manufacturer etc:
For DIMM layout (and to identify dead DIMMs), motherboard manufacturer etc: