10 The Boot Loader GRUB2 177
10.1 Main Differences from GRUB Legacy .............................................. 177
10.2 Conguration File Structure ............................................................. 178
10.3 Conguring the Boot Loader with YaST ............................................ 186
10.4 For More Information ...................................................................... 192
11 Special System Features 193
11.1 Information about Special Software Packages ..................................... 193
11.2 Virtual Consoles ............................................................................. 200
11.3 Keyboard Mapping ......................................................................... 200
11.4 Language and Country-Specic Settings ............................................ 201
12 Dynamic Kernel Device Management with udev 207
12.1 The /dev Directory ....................................................................... 207
12.2 Kernel uevents and udev ............................................................ 208
12.3 Drivers, Kernel Modules and Devices ............................................... 208
12.4 Booting and Initial Device Setup ...................................................... 209
12.5 Monitoring the Running udev Daemon ............................................ 210
12.6 Inuencing Kernel Device Event Handling with udev Rules ............... 211
12.7 Persistent Device Naming ................................................................ 218
12.8 Files used by udev ......................................................................... 219
12.9 For More Information ...................................................................... 219
IV Services 221
13 Basic Networking 223
13.1 IP Addresses and Routing ................................................................ 227
13.2 IPv6—The Next Generation Internet ................................................. 230
13.3 Name Resolution ............................................................................ 239
