<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Introduction</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="The Linux CD-ROM HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="CD-ROM Technology" HREF="x76.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="index.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="x76.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="AEN29" >1. Introduction</A ></H1 ><P >This is the Linux CD-ROM HOWTO. It is intended as a quick reference covering everything you need to know to install and configure CD-ROM hardware under Linux. Frequently asked questions related to CD-ROM are answered, and references are given to other sources of information related to CD-ROM applications and technology.</P ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN32" >1.1. Acknowledgments</A ></H2 ><P >Much of this information came from the documentation and source files provided with the Linux kernel, the Internet <A HREF="news:alt.cd-rom" TARGET="_top" >alt.cdrom</A > newsgroup FAQ, and input from Linux users.</P ><P >Thanks to the <A HREF="http://www.docbook.org" TARGET="_top" >DocBook</A > tools, this HOWTO is available in several formats, all generated from a common source file.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN38" >1.2. New Versions Of This Document</A ></H2 ><P >New versions of this document will be periodically posted to the <A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.answers" TARGET="_top" >comp.os.linux.answers</A > newsgroup. Hypertext versions of this and other Linux HOWTOs are available on many world-wide web sites, including <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.linuxdoc.org</A >. Most Linux CD-ROM distributions include the HOWTOs, often under the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/doc</TT > directory, and you can also buy printed copies from several vendors. Sometimes the HOWTOs available from CD-ROM vendors, ftp sites, and printed format are out of date. If the date on this HOWTO is more than six months in the past, then a newer copy is probably available on the Internet.</P ><P ><EM >Please note that, due to the dynamic nature of the Internet, all web and ftp links listed in this document are subject to change.</EM ></P ><P >Translations of this document are available in several languages:</P ><P >Chinese: <A HREF="http://www.linux.org.tw/CLDP/CDROM-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.linux.org.tw/CLDP/CDROM-HOWTO.html</A ></P ><P >French: <A HREF="http://www.freenix.org/unix/linux/HOWTO/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.freenix.org/unix/linux/HOWTO/</A ></P ><P >German: <A HREF="http://www.tu-harburg.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-CDROM-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.tu-harburg.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-CDROM-HOWTO.html</A ></P ><P >Korean: <A HREF="http://kldp.org/HOWTO/html/CDROM/CDROM-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >http://kldp.org/HOWTO/html/CDROM/CDROM-HOWTO.html</A ></P ><P >Japanese: <A HREF="http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/JFdocs/CDROM-HOWTO.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.linux.or.jp/JF/JFdocs/CDROM-HOWTO.html</A ></P ><P >Polish: <A HREF="http://www.jtz.org.pl/Html/CDROM-HOWTO.pl.html" TARGET="_top" >http://www.jtz.org.pl/Html/CDROM-HOWTO.pl.html</A ></P ><P >Spanish: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.insflug.org/es" TARGET="_top" >ftp://ftp.insflug.org/es</A ></P ><P >Swedish: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.hig.se/pub/linux/swe-doc/" TARGET="_top" >ftp://ftp.hig.se/pub/linux/swe-doc/</A ></P ><P >Most translations of this and other Linux HOWTOs can also be found at <A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/</A >. If you make a translation of this document into another language, let me know and I'll include a reference to it here.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN65" >1.3. Feedback</A ></H2 ><P >I rely on you, the reader, to make this HOWTO useful. If you have any suggestions, corrections, or comments, please send them to me, <A HREF="mailto:tranter@pobox.com" TARGET="_top" >tranter@pobox.com</A >, and I will try to incorporate them in the next revision.</P ><P >I am also willing to answer general questions on CD-ROM under Linux, as best I can. Before doing so, please read all of the information in this HOWTO, and then send me detailed information about the problem. Please do not ask me about using CD-ROM drives under operating systems other than Linux.</P ><P >If you publish this document on a CD-ROM or in hardcopy form, a complimentary copy would be appreciated; mail me for my postal address. Also consider making a donation to the Linux Documentation Project to help support free documentation for Linux. Contact the LDP at <A HREF="mailto:feedback@linuxdoc.org" TARGET="_top" >feedback@linuxdoc.org</A > for more information.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT2" ><H2 CLASS="SECT2" ><A NAME="AEN72" >1.4. Distribution Policy</A ></H2 ><P >Copyright (c) 1995-2001 by Jeff Tranter. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. 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