13.1. Search the Internet 13.1. Search the Internet (Virtual web hosting)
13.1. Search the Internet 13.1. Search the Internet The various Internet sites previously mentioned are excellent starting points. They deal with general and very specific aspects of your potential problems. Finally, try a general search engine such as Google or, as mentioned above, the Linux-specific Google search engine. And do not hesitate to use the Advanced search [http:// www.google.com/advanced_search] option with very detailed questions, such as the error message you are receiving. 13.2. Mailing Lists and Newsgroups Archives The previous searches may lead you to general answers which hide the results of your specific question amongst many other answers. To refine your search, you can try the following. First, try to find a list which seems specifically geared to your problem, then perform a search in its archive pages. Example You’ve noticed some strange behavior while trying to use GRUB with a minix partition. One of the results of a search using the grub mailing list keywords in Google is a link to the GRUB mailing list archive [http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/]. It even offers a search engine, which when searched for Minix leads you directly to a patch. Note that not all archives have an embedded search en gine. However, using Google as an example, you can easily use the advanced field domain to limit your search to the specific site hosting the archive. This strategy may also be used to exclude sites which keep returning garbage. For a newsgroups search, Google Groups [http://groups.google.com/] maintains an archive of an amazingly large number of newsgroup channels. 13.3. Questions to Mailing Lists and Newsgroups See the related sections above: Section 11.1, Mailing Lists [375] and Section 11.2, Newsgroups [376]. Reading How To Ask Questions The Smart Way [http:// www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] may be of great help.