Chapter 14

Basic hardware configuration

• new and updated driver support

• supported architectures

• general compatibility issues

• device interrupts

• configuring devices with bootstrings

• using boot-time loadable drivers

• configuring drivers with the Hardware/Kernel Manager

• relinking the kernel

• configuring power management

Figure 14-1 The major hardware components of a typical system

Information on installing and configuring these components is provided in later chapters. See:

• CD-ROM drive

• graphics adapter in Configuring Video Adapters

• hard disk drive

• ISA Plug and Play (PnP) device

• math coprocessor

• memory

• mouse

• network adapter in Configuring Network Connections

• parallel I/O

• power supply

• SCSI host adapter

• serial I/O

• tape drive