Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

ContentsviiConfiguring the Runlevels......................................................121Service Configuration Tool .....................................................122Summary ....................................................................................1235 Working with RPM Software 125Understanding How RPM Works .....................................................125Finding the Software .....................................................................127Installing Software ........................................................................127Installing a New Kernel..........................................................130Updating Software ........................................................................131Removing Software .......................................................................132Verifying Software Files .................................................................133Querying Package Files ..................................................................134Building RPM Packages..................................................................135Setting Up the Build Environment...........................................136Creating the Spec File ............................................................137Creating the Makefile ............................................................143Creating the Source Tarball.....................................................143Building the Package .............................................................144Signing the Package ..............................................................145Testing the Package ...............................................................148Summary ....................................................................................1496 Analyzing Hardware 151Listing Devices .............................................................................152Listing PCI Devices ...............................................................152Listing USB Devices...............................................................154Listing Storage Devices ..........................................................156Detecting Hardware ......................................................................157Detecting Hardware with Kudzu..............................................157Detecting Hardware with ddcprobe..........................................158Gathering Information from the BIOS..............................................159Querying the BIOS ................................................................160Querying the SMBIOS or DMI .................................................160Querying Vendor-Specific Data ...............................................163Listing and Configuring Kernel Modules ..........................................163HAL ...........................................................................................165Summary ....................................................................................1667 Managing Storage 167Understanding Partitioning............................................................167Creating Partitions ................................................................169Creating a Filesystem on a Partition .........................................170