She has a boatload of old zip disks. I can relate. My Dad created a boatload of C64 floppys. I have transferred a bunch to hard drive, but there are so many. And it takes so much time.
The other thing about Gentoo is that it is for experts. I wanted something that she could install when she is in Michigan. With Ubuntu that is possible. Of course, I know you know that. -- Allen Brown http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown > IDE controllers are slowly disappearing. Many new boards have > ONE connector while having at least 4 SATA connectors. > Seriously, influence the move from Zip the thumb drive. Zip > drives often die horrible deaths it thumb drives keep getting > cheaper. Pick up a couple quality ones and duplicate their data > on them. One source, one backup. > > And Gentoo is the distro for "those allergic to the sun". The > installation process is probably the longest of any other distro > but you end up with the most 'tweaked' system afterwards. IRL > differences are quite minimal when compared to other source > based distros. > > Yup, > Mr O > > --- Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> No doubt, altho I never checked. I did suggest it might be >> a good time to upgrade. >> >> She has this computer specifically because it has a zip drive. >> So if she gets a replacement, it would be desirable for it to >> support that. That would be IDE. With all the new interfaces >> coming out I don't know if IDE is disappearing. Is it? >> >> Hmm, I suppose I should check if Ubuntu talks to the zip drive >> before she leaves. >> -- >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster > Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
