Part I: The Basics
Chapter List
Chapter 1: The Boot Process
Chapter 2: The Network Interface
Part Overview
Featuring:
- The role that the ROM BIOS, MBR, and loader play in booting the system
- GRUB and LILO configuration
- How and why the kernel is passed parameters at boot time
- System runlevels and how they are configured by the inittab file
- The chkconfig and tksysv tools that control the startup scripts
- Loadable kernel modules and the tools that manage them
- How Ethernet device drivers are loaded and configured
- Configuring a network interface with ifconfig and the Red Hat Network Configuration tool
- How serial ports function and how they are used for networking
- PPP configuration and security
- Creating chat scripts
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