On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 17:10 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 14 April 2008 05:44, Fred Erickson wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 20:10 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > I need to wipe some floppies before disposal. I have a usb LS-120 > > > > drive that I used to be able to use with linux, but it looks as though > > > > the drivers may no longer be in the kernel - it is of the vitage of zip > > > > drives. Or maybe I just need some extra packages installed? Can > > > > anyone help me get this working again? > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > If you have a large quantity of the disks, consider using a bulk > > > tape eraser, if you have one, or a magnet if you do not. It is much > > > faster, and does a better job. The erase heads on a disk drive are > > > not as wide as the write head, so you leave recoverable data behind. > > > (Something about not damaging adjacent tracks.) > > > > > > Mikkel > > > > And if you're really paranoid, take the disks outside, place them on the > > ground, point a lit propane torch at them. Crispy critters in no time at > > all :) > > > > Fred > > I may well just physically destroy these disks, but all the same, I'd like to > get the device working again. There have been times when I found I needed > something that is on a floppy somewhere - and I still have some of the 128MB > disks with old data on. I'd have to access them to get them transferred to a > CD. It's just a useful fall-back device. > > Ah well - another time, when there's nothing pressing :-) I had one of those things once, Annie. Mine ran so hot that the disks got hot, and finally it died... <sniffs> Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
