If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version. Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. Linux optimus.applianceware.com 2.4.3 #2 SMP Wed Apr 18 06:00:29 PDT 2001 i686 unknown Gnu C 2.96 Gnu make 3.79.1 binutils 2.10.91.0.2 util-linux 2.10r modutils 2.4.2 e2fsprogs 1.19 reiserfsprogs 3.x.0b Linux C Library 2.2.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.2 Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.57 Console-tools 0.3.3 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded