I've got a spare firewire pci card. I'm sure I found one when I was looking for an USB card ( only got those that need a header on the mobo ).
As an alternative to DSE, what's the spec of the mobo? Maybe I've got a newer spare... Steve On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:59:44 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/22/08, Raffael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello clug, > > I received a 100gig HD with a firewire interface. Does Forfar listen to > > that? > > The Archive is on the machine known as Caledonian which runs Linux. > It's not exactly a speed-hog at the best of times achieving approx 3 > Mb/Sec at most when doing a transfer via SMB / Samba. > > > Otherwise mini USB (to USB) might work, but I don't have a > > suitable cable. > The USB card in the archive machine is a USB-1.1 one and is not > suitable for large - 100s of megs - files. > > Would the community be able to give approval to spend approx $40 for > the retail purchase of a suitable USB card from DSE Ltd.? > > > I also have: > > OpenDisc 7.10 (www.theopendisc.com) > We would be very interested in this one. > > > Project Gutenberg Best 600 Books (August 2003 Collection) > > Project Gutenberg Science Fiction Bookshelf (March 2007) > > Fedora 8 (Live CD, x86) > ???? Volume? > > > and if someone is interested: > > Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (DVD) + Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support (DVD) > Yes that would make a useful addition. > > > > Raffael wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > I was wondering how much gigs all the Linux distros in the archive take > > > up. Just round about... > 80 Gbyte disc. Almost full. i.e. > 90% > > > > On the 26th/27th there are the clubs days at the university of > > > canterbury and we are starting a Free Culture Club. > > > > > > It would be great if we could offer a "freedom toaster", so that people > > > could get some linux burned. Does someone have a stash of Ubuntu cds or > > > other propaganda? > > > > > > If you would like more information on the free culture club, please > > > contact us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Raffael > > > > > > Ps: our first meeting will be on Tuesday, March 4th, ~4:44pm > > > At the University of Canterbury/Computer Science Building (Erskine). > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell
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