<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >References</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The Linux CD-ROM HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Answers to Frequently Asked Questions" HREF="x1186.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The Linux CD-ROM HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x1186.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN1383" >7. References</A ></H1 ><P >I have already mentioned the documentation files, typically installed in <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/src/linux/Documentation/cdrom</TT >. These can be a gold mine of useful information.</P ><P >The following Usenet FAQs are posted periodically to <A HREF="news:news.answers" TARGET="_top" >news.answers</A > and archived at Internet FTP sites such as <A HREF="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/" TARGET="_top" >ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/</A >. <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P >alt.cd-rom FAQ</P ></LI ><LI ><P >comp.periphs.scsi FAQ</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA/ATA-2 FAQ</P ></LI ></UL > Several other Linux HOWTOs have useful information relevant to CD-ROM: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/unmaintained/SCSI-HOWTO" TARGET="_top" >Linux SCSI HOWTO</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/LDP/HOWTO/Sound-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >Sound HOWTO</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/LDP/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >Kernel HOWTO</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/LDP/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >Distribution HOWTO</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/LDP/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >CD Writing HOWTO</A ></P ></LI ></UL > At least a dozen companies sell Linux distributions on CD-ROM; most of them are listed in the Distribution HOWTO.</P ><P >The following Usenet news groups cover CD-ROM related topics: <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><A HREF="news:comp.publish.cdrom.hardware" TARGET="_top" >comp.publish.cdrom.hardware</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="news:comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia" TARGET="_top" >comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="news:comp.publish.cdrom.software" TARGET="_top" >comp.publish.cdrom.software</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="news:comp.sys.ibmpc.hardware.cd-rom" TARGET="_top" >comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="news:alt.cd-rom" TARGET="_top" >alt.cd-rom</A ></P ></LI ><LI ><P ><A HREF="news:alt.cd-rom.reviews" TARGET="_top" >alt.cd-rom.reviews</A ></P ></LI ></UL > The <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >comp.os.linux</TT > newsgroups are also good sources of Linux specific information.</P ><P >A FAQ document on IDE and ATA devices can be found at <A HREF="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/pc-hardware-faq/enhanced-IDE/" TARGET="_top" >ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/pc-hardware-faq/enhanced-IDE/</A > and at <A HREF="http://www.seagate.com/techsuppt/faq/faqlist.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.seagate.com/techsuppt/faq/faqlist.html</A >.</P ><P >A web site dedicated to multimedia can be found at <A HREF="http://www.scala.com/multimedia/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.scala.com/multimedia/</A >. Creative Labs has a web site at <A HREF="http://www.creaf.com/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.creaf.com/</A >.</P ><P >The <EM >Linux Software Map</EM > (LSM) is an invaluable reference for locating Linux software. The LSM home page is at <A HREF="http://www.ExecPC.com/lsm/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.ExecPC.com/lsm/</A >. and there is an on-line browsable version at <A HREF="http://www.boutell.com/lsm/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.boutell.com/lsm/</A >.</P ><P >Another great site for finding Linux applications is <A HREF="http://www.freshmeat.net/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.freshmeat.net/</A >.</P ><P >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 <A HREF="mailto:majordomo@vger.kernel.org" TARGET="_top" >majordomo@vger.kernel.org</A >.</P ><P >The Linux Documentation Project has produced several books on Linux, including <EM >Linux Installation and Getting Started</EM >. These are freely available by anonymous FTP from major Linux archive sites or can be purchased in hardcopy format.</P ><P >Finally, a shameless plug: If you want to learn a lot more about multimedia under Linux (especially CD-ROM and sound card applications and programming), check out my book <EM >Linux Multimedia Guide</EM >, ISBN 1-56592-219-0, published by O'Reilly and Associates. As well as the original English version, French and Japanese translations are now in print. For details, call 800-998-9938 in North America or check the web page <A HREF="http://www.ora.com/catalog/multilinux/noframes.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.ora.com/catalog/multilinux/noframes.html</A >.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x1186.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Answers to Frequently Asked Questions</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" > </TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >