[Eug-lug] Linux convert

[Allen Brown]

I suspect that would be enough storage.  I have not seen the zip
collection.  I guess the first step is to find out how much
space is required.

I will recommend that she not depend on them.  And I will empower
her.  That's all I can do.
-- 
Allen Brown
http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown

> The 16gb usb thumb drives are well under $100 now, which hold ~64
> 250mb zip disks or 160 100mb zip disks, roughly speaking :)
> Obviously a usb hard drive would hold much more for cheaper, but yeah
> storage is getting really cheap, see newegg.com or similar...
>
> Do **NOT** allow your friend to rely on old zip disks PLEASE ;)
>
> regards,
>
> Ben
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Allen Brown <abrown at peak.org> wrote:
>> The first step would be to move them to the hard disk.
>>  She hasn't gotten around to that.  I wonder if she ever
>>  will.
>>
>>  And this computer has no DVD or CD writer.  We had to
>>  use her son's computer to burn the Ubuntu CD.
>>
>>  Even if it did, I wonder if a 133MHz computer could
>>  keep the write buffer full.  I doubt it.
>>
>> --
>>  Allen Brown
>>  http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown
>>
>>
>>
>> >   How about backing up the zip disks to dvd's. Then use flash
>>  > drives for replacements.
>>  > Jim K
>>  > Allen Brown wrote:
>>  >> 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.
>>  >>
>>  > H
>>  >
>>
>>
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