| Commands | Files | dmesg - runs through kernel hardware messages | /var/log/dmesg |
| lspci - displays PCI card information | /proc/interrupts |
| grub - configures the GRUB boot loader | /etc/sysconfig/hwconfig |
| lilo - configures the LILO boot loader | /etc/lilo.conf |
| mkbootdisk - creates an emergency boot disk | /boot/vmlinuz-n.n.n-n |