1 Introduction

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In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through as many channels as possible. However, we do wish to retain copyright on the HOWTO documents, to be notified of any plans to redistribute the HOWTOs to insure that outdated versions don't spread too far, and for ALL the information provided in the HOWTOS to be disseminated. If you have questions on the Linux documentation project, please contact Matt Welsh, the Linux HOWTO coordinator, at mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. Questions regarding this document itself should be addressed to Drew Eckhardt, drew@Colorado.EDU.

IMPORTANT:

BUG REPORTS WHICH FAIL TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN SECTION 2 WILL BE IGNORED.

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in the header, as well as the Linux SCSI list by mailing majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu with the line

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in the text.

I'm aware that this document isn't the most user-friendly, and that there may be inaccuracies and oversights. If you have constructive comments on how to rectify the situation you're free to mail me about it.