Configuration recommendations "make menuconfig" legend:

[*] built-in 
[ ] excluded 
<M> module

Code maturity level options  ---> [ ] for stability unless you really need it;
General setup  ---> PCI support [*]; Networking [*]; Support for ELF binaries [*];
            a.out <M>; misc <M>; System V IPC [*]; Sysctl support [*]
Loadable module support  ---> [*] 
Processor type and features  ---> (X) 586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX
                                   [*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support 
RAID and LVM ---> [ ] (in our case)
Networking  ---> Packet sockets [*]; TCP/IP Networking [*]; 
                     Network Packet filtering <M>  
      Network Device support ---> ethernet 100 Mbit ---> 3COM [*]; TULIP <M>; 8139 <M>
ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support ---> Enchanced ATA/IDE/MFM/RLLdisk/cdrom/tape/floppy [*]; IDE/ATA-2 DISK support [*]; IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM support <M>
     Enable PCI DMA by default [*]
SCSI support ---> [ ] (in our case)
Miscellaneous character devices ---> Virtual terminal [*]; Support for 
    console on virtual terminal [*];
File systems and console drivers ---> ext2 [*]; ext3[*]; /proc [*];
    Console drivers ---> VGA text mode [*]; Video mode selection support [*];
    Frame-buffer support [*]

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