7. References

I have already mentioned the documentation files, typically installed in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/cdrom . These can be a gold mine of useful information.

The following Usenet FAQs are posted periodically to news.answers and archived at Internet FTP sites such as ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ .

• alt.cd-rom FAQ

• comp.periphs.scsi FAQ

• Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA/ATA-2 FAQ

Several other Linux HOWTOs have useful information relevant to CD-ROM:

• Linux SCSI HOWTO

• Hardware Compatibility HOWTO

• Sound HOWTO

• Kernel HOWTO

• Distribution HOWTO

• CD Writing HOWTO

At least a dozen companies sell Linux distributions on CD-ROM; most of them are listed in the Distribution HOWTO.

The following Usenet news groups cover CD-ROM related topics:

• comp.publish.cdrom.hardware

• comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia

• comp.publish.cdrom.software

• comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom

• alt.cd-rom

• alt.cd-rom.reviews

The comp.os.linux newsgroups are also good sources of Linux specific information.

A FAQ document on IDE and ATA devices can be found at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/pc-hardware-faq/enhanced-IDE/ and at http://www.seagate.com/techsuppt/faq/faqlist.php .

A web site dedicated to multimedia can be found at http://www.scala.com/multimedia/ . Creative Labs has a web site at http://www.creaf.com/ .

The Linux Software Map (LSM) is an invaluable reference for locating Linux software. The LSM home page is at http://www.ExecPC.com/lsm/ . and there is an on-line browsable version at http://www.boutell.com/lsm/ .

Another great site for finding Linux applications is http://www.freshmeat.net/ .

The Linux mailing list has a number of "channels" dedicated to different topics. To find out how to join, send a mail message with the word "help" as the message body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org .

The Linux Documentation Project has produced several books on Linux, including Linux Installation and Getting Started . These are freely available by anonymous FTP from major Linux archive sites or can be purchased in hardcopy format.

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