I don't think so. But to tell the truth, I'm not sure. :-[ John
John Wurth wrote: > Thank you John. Is this the same as a flash drive? > > John House <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:john.p.house%40sbcglobal.net>> wrote: Thumb drives use a usb > connection (a little thinner than the ethernet > connection) and they hold several MB of data. They are called > thumbdrives because most are about as long as a man's thumb. Some look > like cigarette lighters, keychain ornaments, or nail files. > > They automount (like your 1.44 MB drive) in Windows or Ubuntu, but they > must be manually mounted in Debian. > > John House > > John Wurth wrote: > > > I believe robert has all ready gone offline for his eye surgery. Could > > someone please explain to me what a thumbdrive is? > > > > Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:robert.citek%40gmail.com> > > <mailto:robert.citek%40gmail.com>> wrote: John Wurth wrote: > > > Damn it Jim (best Scotty voice) I'm an administrator, not a techie!!! > > > > > > It's just one of those insertable hard disks you save your stuff too > > on the A: drive. > > > > Those are floppies and are notoriously unreliable. For future portable > > storage, you may want to consider a USB thumbdrive or even on-line > > storage like http://box.net/ . > > > > As for the floppy, this is a great example of a service we could offer: > > data recovery. What tools would folks here use? My personal favorites > > would be dd, dd_rescue, or ddr_help run under Knoppix or other Linux > > flavor. > > > > Regards, > > - Robert > > > > --------------------------------- > > Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email > > and get things done faster. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > --------------------------------- > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
