Sadly it is still the only way to get some drivers And XP/2k3 can only take drivers from floppy
On 4/3/09, Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > What's a floppy ??? LOL > > Do they still make those ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Stephen > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:19 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Cheap NAS or MSI Wind/Eee Box? > > This works well but behaves weirdly with ext3 floppies > > > > On 4/3/09, Bob Elzer <bob.el...@gmail.com> wrote: >> FYI if you like, you can have the full drive use ext3. >> >> Using ext2ifs will let windows access your ext3/ext2 drive >> >> http://www.fs-driver.org/ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of >> Alan Dayley >> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:16 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: Re: Cheap NAS or MSI Wind/Eee Box? >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 4:46 PM, <stevenss...@cox.net> wrote: >>> I have been debating recently whether to pick up a cheapish networked >>> external hard drive like a Western Digital My Book (that one >>> initially because it can be picked up locally, although initially >>> googling suggests it might not be very Linux friendly). Anyone >> >> We have a 1TB My Book that works just fine on Linux. Purchased it a >> few months ago. I partitioned it half ext3, half FAT32 so we can use >> it easily for different things. (For example, copying files from ext3 >> to FAT32 causes permission settings to be lost so I want the ext3 on >> the external drive >> too.) >> >> Hate the name, "My Book" but it is working well for us so far. >> >> Alan >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
