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<H2><A NAME="s8">8. Further Information</A></H2>
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<EM>A HOWTO cannot describe everything, some times the user
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has to venture out on the net to get more information or just
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updates. Here is the place to tell where and how. Again examples
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from my HOWTO, replace as needed.</EM>
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There is wealth of information one should go through when setting up a
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major system, for instance for a news or general Internet service provider.
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The FAQs in the following groups are useful:
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.1">8.1 News groups</A>
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Some of the most interesting news groups are:
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<A HREF="news:comp.arch.storage">Storage</A>.</LI>
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<A HREF="news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage">PC storage</A>.</LI>
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<A HREF="news:alt.filesystems.afs">AFS</A>.</LI>
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<A HREF="news:comp.periphs.scsi">SCSI</A>.</LI>
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<A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.setup">Linux setup</A>.</LI>
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<P>Most newsgroups have their own FAQ that are designed to answer most of your
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questions, as the name Frequently Asked Questions indicate. Fresh versions
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should be posted regularly to the relevant newsgroups. If you cannot find it
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in your news spool you could go directly to the
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<A HREF="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu">FAQ main archive FTP site</A>. The WWW versions can be browsed at
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<A HREF="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/FAQ-List.html">FAQ main archive WWW site</A>.
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<P>Some FAQs have their own home site, of particular interest here are
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<A HREF="http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/LINK/F_SCSI.html">SCSI FAQ</A> and</LI>
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<A HREF="http://alumni.caltech.edu/~rdv/comp_arch_storage/FAQ-1.html">comp.arch.storage FAQ</A>.</LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.2">8.2 Mailing Lists</A>
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These are low noise channels mainly for developers. Think
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twice before asking questions there as noise delays the development.
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Some relevant lists are <CODE>linux-raid</CODE>, <CODE>linux-scsi</CODE> and <CODE>linux-ext2fs</CODE>.
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Many of the most useful mailing lists run on the <CODE>vger.rutgers.edu</CODE> server
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but this is notoriously overloaded, so try to find a mirror. There are some lists mirrored at
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<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">The Redhat Home Page</A>.
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Many lists are also accessible at
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/lnxlists">linuxhq</A>,
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and the rest of the web site is a gold mine of useful information.
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<P>If you want to find out more about the lists available you can send a message
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with the line <CODE>lists</CODE> to the list server at vger.rutgers.edu (
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<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu">majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu</A>).
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If you need help on how to use the mail server just send the line <CODE>help</CODE>
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to the same address.
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Due to the popularity of this server it is likely it takes a bit to time before
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you get a reply or even get messages after you send a <CODE>subscribe</CODE> command.
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<P>There is also a number of other majordomo list servers that can be of interest
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such as the EATA driver list (
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<A HREF="mailto:linux-eata@mail.uni-mainz.de">linux-eata@mail.uni-mainz.de</A>)
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and the Intelligent IO list
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<A HREF="mailto:linux-i2o@dpt.com">linux-i2o@dpt.com</A>.
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<P>Mailing lists are in a state of flux but you can find links to a number of
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interesting lists from the
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<A HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/">Linux Documentation Homepage</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.3">8.3 HOWTO</A>
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These are intended as the primary starting points to
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get the background information as well as show you how to solve
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a specific problem.
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Some relevant HOWTOs are <CODE>Bootdisk</CODE>, <CODE>Installation</CODE>, <CODE>SCSI</CODE> and <CODE>UMSDOS</CODE>.
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The main site for these is the
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<A HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/">LDP archive</A>
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at Metalab (formerly known as Sunsite).
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<P>There is a a new HOWTO out that deals with setting up a
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DPT RAID system, check out the
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<A HREF="http://www.ram.org/computing/linux/dpt_raid.html">DPT RAID HOWTO homepage</A>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.4">8.4 Mini-HOWTO</A>
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These are the smaller free text relatives to the HOWTOs.
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Some relevant mini-HOWTOs are
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<CODE>Backup-With-MSDOS</CODE>, <CODE>Diskless</CODE>, <CODE>LILO</CODE>, <CODE>Large Disk</CODE>,
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<CODE>Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2</CODE>, <CODE>Linux+OS2+DOS</CODE>, <CODE>Linux+Win95</CODE>,
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<CODE>NFS-Root</CODE>, <CODE>Win95+Win+Linux</CODE>, <CODE>ZIP Drive</CODE> .
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You can find these at the same place as the HOWTOs, usually in a sub directory
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called <CODE>mini</CODE>. Note that these are scheduled to be converted into SGML and
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become proper HOWTOs in the near future.
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<P>The old <CODE>Linux Large IDE mini-HOWTO</CODE> is no longer valid, instead read
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<CODE>/usr/src/linux/drivers/block/README.ide</CODE> or
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<CODE>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt</CODE>.
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.5">8.5 Local Resources</A>
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In most distributions of Linux there is a document directory installed,
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have a look in the
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<A HREF="file:///usr/doc">/usr/doc</A> directory.
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where most packages store their main documentation and README files etc.
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Also you will here find the HOWTO archive (
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<A HREF="file:///usr/doc/HOWTO">/usr/doc/HOWTO</A>)
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of ready formatted HOWTOs
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and also the mini-HOWTO archive (
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<A HREF="file:///usr/doc/HOWTO/mini">/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini</A>)
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of plain text documents.
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<P>Many of the configuration files mentioned earlier can be found in the
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<A HREF="file:///etc">/etc</A>
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directory. In particular you will want to work with the
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<A HREF="file:///etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</A>
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file that sets up the mounting of partitions
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and possibly also
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<A HREF="file:///etc/mdtab">/etc/mdtab</A>
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file that is used for the <CODE>md</CODE> system to set up RAID.
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<P>The kernel source in
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<A HREF="file:///usr/src/linux">/usr/src/linux</A>
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is, of course, the ultimate documentation. In other
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words, <EM>use the source, Luke</EM>.
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It should also be pointed out that the kernel comes not only with
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source code which is even commented (well, partially at least)
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but also an informative
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<A HREF="file:///usr/src/linux/Documentation">documentation directory</A>.
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If you are about to ask any questions about the kernel you should
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read this first, it will save you and many others a lot of time
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and possibly embarrassment.
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<P>Also have a look in your system log file (
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<A HREF="file:///var/log/messages">/var/log/messages</A>)
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to see what is going on and in particular how the booting went if
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too much scrolled off your screen. Using <CODE>tail -f /var/log/messages</CODE>
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in a separate window or screen will give you a continuous update of what is
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going on in your system.
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<P>You can also take advantage of the
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<A HREF="file:///proc">/proc</A>
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file system that is a window into the inner workings of your system.
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Use <CODE>cat</CODE> rather than <CODE>more</CODE> to view the files as they are
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reported as being zero length. Reports are that <CODE>less</CODE> works well here.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss8.6">8.6 Web Pages</A>
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</H2>
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There is a huge number of informative web pages out there and by their very
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nature they change quickly so don't be too surprised if these links become
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quickly outdated.
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<P>A good starting point is of course the
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">Linux Documentation Project</A> home page,
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an information central for documentation, project pages and much, much more.
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<P>Please let me know if you have any other leads that can be of interest.
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