5-1/4 diskettes

2020-01-19 Thread Max Pyziur
Greetings, Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is no such thing for 5 1/4 ones. I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking for recommendations in this regard: - buy a 5-1/4 inter

Re: 5-1/4 diskettes

2020-01-19 Thread Roger Heflin
If you have an old enough motherboard that has a floppy disk controller on it linux used to support them. At worst you might have to download an older livecd if support was removed in newer versions. (no idea if it was removed). On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 1:19 PM Max Pyziur wrote: > > > Greetings,

Re: 5-1/4 diskettes

2020-01-19 Thread George N. White III
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 15:19, Max Pyziur wrote: > > Greetings, > > Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is > no such thing for 5 1/4 ones. > > I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to > transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking

Re: 5-1/4 diskettes

2020-01-19 Thread Frank McCormick
Greetings, Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is no such thing for 5 1/4 ones. I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking for recommendations in this regard: - buy a 5-1/4 i

Best way to replicate the installation of an old computer onto a new one

2020-01-19 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, I have got a new computer (processor AMD with 8 cores), which has 1TB SSD disk and a 2TB HDD disk. My old computer has only a 2TB HDD disk running Fedora 31 (x86_64). What is the best way to replicate the installation of my old computer onto my new one? Thanks in advance, Paul ___

Re: 5-1/4 diskettes

2020-01-19 Thread sixpack13
On 19.01.20 20:19, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is no such thing for 5 1/4 ones. I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking for recommendations

Re: 5-1/4 diskettes

2020-01-19 Thread sixpack13
On 19.01.20 23:41, sixpack13 wrote: ... I'm not 100 % sure, but I guess I still possess a 5 1/4" drive and the cable for it - I need to look into my computer parts boxes -. Just checked ! Sorry, false alarm: I only posses an Omega-Zip-Drive, which from the side looks simular an 5 1/4" d

Re: Best way to replicate the installation of an old computer onto a new one

2020-01-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/19/20 1:38 PM, Paul Smith wrote: I have got a new computer (processor AMD with 8 cores), which has 1TB SSD disk and a 2TB HDD disk. My old computer has only a 2TB HDD disk running Fedora 31 (x86_64). What is the best way to replicate the installation of my old computer onto my new one? My

Re: Best way to replicate the installation of an old computer onto a new one

2020-01-19 Thread stan via users
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 15:10:21 -0800 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 1/19/20 1:38 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > > I have got a new computer (processor AMD with 8 cores), which has > > 1TB SSD disk and a 2TB HDD disk. My old computer has only a 2TB HDD > > disk running Fedora 31 (x86_64). > > > > What is the bes

Re: Best way to replicate the installation of an old computer onto a new one

2020-01-19 Thread Rikke Giles
On 1/19/20 3:10 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 1/19/20 1:38 PM, Paul Smith wrote: What is the best way to replicate the installation of my old computer onto my new one? My personal preference is to just reinstall and then copy my home directory over.  However, if you really want to duplicate it,

usb thermometer?

2020-01-19 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Is there a such thing as usb thermometer that Fedora can read? And be able to be place a ways away from the computer so the computer's heat will not throw it off? Many thanks, -T ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsu

Re: usb thermometer?

2020-01-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 1/19/20 10:08 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Is there a such thing as usb thermometer that Fedora can read?  And be able to be place a ways away from the computer so the computer's heat will not throw it off? I have seen some USB ones, but it's not clear if they are just dataloggers or y

Re: usb thermometer?

2020-01-19 Thread Frederic Muller
On 1/20/20 1:08 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a such thing as usb thermometer that Fedora > can read?  And be able to be place a ways away from > the computer so the computer's heat will not throw > it off? > > Many thanks, > -T > Hi! USB I don't know but the Mijia therm

Re: usb thermometer?

2020-01-19 Thread Eyal Lebedinsky
On 2020-01-20 17:08, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Is there a such thing as usb thermometer that Fedora can read?  And be able to be place a ways away from the computer so the computer's heat will not throw it off? Of course there are. Try to search for "USB Thermometer" on AX and you