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<0> you guys! jeeezus!
<1> sell your punch cards on ebay
<2> try -t auto
<1> sell the punch card reader too...someone will lay it down and use it for a couch
<3> dspr: yeah
<4> mjbjr: when 5.25" floppy drives go, they can really go badly.
<2> :)
<3> NetDude: well the reader head isn't moving
<0> linux would work with 5.25" floppy drives???? say what?
<5> linux2: well...bad hardware. maybe just a cable
<3> could bios setting affect this
<4> lo_tek: yes. As I said, I used one until it went poof
<5> dspr: I must go can you tell me if the yum clean all fixed things?
<6> i don't know yet...
<4> grabbed some floppy disk images to preserve them for all time
<0> antique archives
<6> NetDude: if not i'll just wait until atrpms comes back up...
<5> dspr: other thing if you want you can have it ignore files like in /etc/yum.conf I have exclude=kernel* to avoid kernels
<0> until the magnetic bits tire out and become unlined-up
<4> lo_tek: I stll have some *great* DOS games that would work under DOSBox if only I could get them off the disks
<4> and even more apple// games
<0> computer forensicologist might be able to do it for ya, phogg
<6> ok, i'll add "exclude spam***asin*", them
<7> h-games phogg
<6> them = then
<4> gufymike: no (:
<7> Lies
<7> :P
<5> dspr: in /etc/yum.repos.d/ you can edit any repository and set "enabled=0" to turn it off
<5> anyway good luck must go
<4> lo_tek: I'm not likely to pay that much money for them.
<0> you have a point there, phogg
<4> gufymike: I only have two and they're win32.
<0> amazing how short a lifetime digital media have
<1> yeah...books are more real
<1> until the bugs eat the spine glue
<7> Which 2 phogg? (I just installed wine, looking for something to test it with atm, actually)
<4> these online disk drive/backup companies are going to have a very real purpose as the m***es realize how important and vulnerable their digital files are
<4> gufymike: erm... cannot recall as I have not played in ages. Somewhere in my archives...
<3> ok the bios says "A: drive error" when i view output durring boot
<3> what could be wrong
<3> the drive is fine
<7> Thats why I'm looking for something fun. I don't want to pull out 200- cds for one game, browsing google is enough
<4> gufymike: one word: abandonware
<7> try putting a floppy in linux2
<0> lol, oh gawd! relying on floppies is so yesterday
<0> get a jump drive, d00dz!
<1> usb pen drives are the file sharing mechanism for the new millenium....they are so small, they get lost easily and then someone finds it and then youve just shared your files
<8> can we *rely* on floppies? :P
<9> i'm looking for a cheap sata controller supported by linux [preferrably nothing with sil3112 chipset]. any recommendations?
<0> my newly built box doesn't even HAVE a floppy drive, heh
<4> lo_tek: I'm talking about, for example, a teacher who stores here students grades in a spreadsheet on a floppy disk.
<3> gufymike: there is a floppy in
<4> s/here/her/
<3> dspr: any ideas?
<7> oki, cables working linux2
<0> she needs to get a usb jump/flash drive, phogg
<3> gufymike: yep cables are good
<3> they came from the working compaq
<6> linux2: none at the moment..
<7> and phogg, yeah abandonware was the first thought XD
<7> linux2: seated properally?
<4> lo_tek: that's what I told her when the floppy died and I found out what she was doing. Fortunately there was a recoverable temp file on her HD. She refuses to repent.
<3> as far as i can tell
<7> linux2: after that, I would disable in the bios and re-enable on subsequent reboots, if it doesn't work, then IDC, I'm out of ideas unless you find something in dmesg
<6> linux2, what does dmesg |tail say?
<6> anything about your drive?
<3> GOT IT!!!
<6> what?
<4> and there was much rejoicing
<3> having the cable in upside down is a problem
<4> ah-ha!
<6> ahh.. yes... indeed..
<6> good job linux2
<6> ...
<10> YAY
<10> manpages is working
<10> my guess was right:
<0> yeah, phogg, your teacher is not keeping up with the times - floppies are terribly unreliable
<6> w00t!
<10> the twisted network core was f*cked up
<4> Pesky cables. Who are they to tell me that one way up is "right" and another is "wrong"? Who's the human here? If I say this way up is right, then it IS!
<3> humm
<3> still not working
<0> i've never liked floppies, i've had too many of them crap out on me
<11> as long as you get it right on both ends that it
<3> the drives read light is stuck on
<11> is
<4> lo_tek: she is not atypical. Very normal in my experience.
<6> !google manpages
<4> lo_tek: I am a big fan of usb flash now and recommend to everyone that they use flash instead of floppies. It will still take years to convince 'em.
<0> yeah, you're right, phogg, most people still think floppies are useful :-(
<12> any idea how to get the decibels of an mp3 or ogg ?
<4> they are *so* 1980s
<0> usb flash drives are a bit expensive compared to floppies, but they are MUCH more reliable
<4> ion_bidon: doesn't it rather depend on your volume setting? Or am I exposing my audio ignorance?
<4> lo_tek: per meg they're not bad at all
<12> phogg: huh, how do we say then the recorded volume
<6> linux2: what does dmesg |tail say?
<10> welcome back manpages!
<0> usb flash drives have taken over as THE best temp storage media for a reason: every power user just KNEW that floppies (standard or zip or jazz) were dead in the water then
<6> !google google
<13> is there a trick to using usb microphones?
<0> even a small 128MB usb jump drive blows away a zip floppy
<3> dspr: in my bios what should i select for floppy A (drive size)
<14> linux2: 1.72MiB
<14> AfterDeath: how'd you get manpages back?
<3> konrad``: not an option
<15> how can i take a fullscreen picture with import?
<14> linux2: 1,44 MB then
<3> only 360kb and 1.2mb
<14> linux_user400354: import -help
<14> and read some
<15> konrad, did you figure out how to do it?
<15> konrad, i didnt see it there
<14> linux2: take the bigger one
<3> there are also about 500 jumper pins on the bottom of this thing
<3> could they do anything
<3> ?
<3> why can't it be simple
<3> works fine on the compaq
<14> linux2: 500 jumpers?
<3> well close enough
<3> maybe around 40
<16> Where can I get a precompiled 2.6.15.20 kernel, with Direct Rendering Manager and WPA and Madwifi? One that will run on slackware 10.2?
<3> dspr: still there?
<3> dspr: ok i fixed the cable and now when i try to mount /dev/fd0 it says
<6> yeah, just was doind somethinng with yum...
<10> konrad``, uninstalled twisted
<3> /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
<3> any ideas?
<14> AfterDeath: twisted?
<6> ls /dev |grep fd
<10> a networking library
<14> lkj1: why exactly that version?
<10> wtf happened?
<10> he disconnected
<16> 2.6.16.2?
<14> lkj1: why these numbered?
<16> the newest stable
<14> lkj1: you want the latest?
<16> yeah, but a stable one, not release candidate
<14> lkj1: 2.6.17 (if not yet, in a few days)
<14> lkj1: fine, 2.6.16.something
<16> Whatever is best, Konrad
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