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applications kindly submitted by the readers.

1.1 Copyright, license and terms of usage

Redistribution and use, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the name of the author may

not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written

permission. In this sense, translations are welcome and need not to be authorized by me.

The author disclaims all warranties with regard to this document, including all implied warranties of

merchantability and fitness for a certain purpose; in no event shall the author be liable for any special,

indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or

profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in

connection with the use of this document.

Short: read and use at your own risk. No money−back guarantee. If you want to understand why this

document has always been under a very weak license and not under the gnu GPL or similar restrictive, then

you should read this article from the german computer magazine c't:

http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/8375/1.html (currently only in German language).

1.2 Availability

As the editor of this document I mostly sum up what other people report to me. I'm not a software developer

nor an expert in hardware, so for specific problems with hard− or software you may want to ask somebody

else. What always makes sense is to report solutions for problems not already covered by the HOWTO to me.

I get several hundred e−mails concerning the CD−Writing HOWTO each year. So please be patient with me,

as I cannot always answer within hours. However, I read everything immediately and put you on my

CDR−queue. Before you ask a question, please make sure you are aware of the newest version of this

document; it is always available from http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/.

1.3 Suggested readings

You may need the handbook for your Linux−distribution to learn about installing a new kernel. I'm really

clueless about this issue when it comes to any other Linux distribution than my own.

The CD−R FAQ is a general FAQ about compact−disk recordables (CD−R), CD−writers and the required

CD−Writing HOWTO