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Webmonkey Blog
Thursday, 24 April 2003
I want to try it with 5.25" disks
Need simple storage for your system, but can't afford a networked storage device or a full-blown RAID system? Here's an idea: Build your own out of floppy drives and a USB hub.


Posted by webmonkeyblog at 2:18 PM PDT
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Friday, 25 April 2003 - 7:12 AM PDT

Name: Claire
Home Page: http://www.rogersmycat.com

My question isssss.... How can that possibly be more affordable if external USB's are 75-100 dollars a pop? Oy.

Sunday, 27 April 2003 - 12:01 PM PDT

Name: Will
Home Page: http://freakypeople.port5.com

Wow, ever since I was a (littler) kid I've always thought that a ton of floppies linked would make a 'funky' harddisk. At first I thought of ripping out the magnetic disks and building a h00j tower of them and having some moving arm to read that...like a CD changer. It quickly became obvious that I wasn't quite good enough for that.
We have several (hundered) IDE (uh oh) floppy drives lying around, so I tried to install then and then somehow software-sellotape them together....without sucess.
I wonder if I could do it with my (dual booted) Red Hat 7.3....?

Tuesday, 29 April 2003 - 10:20 AM PDT

Name: mike
Home Page: http://www.webmonkey.com

not too expensive if you buy them on eBay, at a dot-com fire sale, on craigslist, at an auction...

Monday, 12 May 2003 - 12:51 PM PDT

Name: kc!
Home Page: http://www.efgdesign.com

so how can i make a veggie burrito RAID system?

Friday, 16 May 2003 - 3:49 PM PDT

Name: mike
Home Page: http://www.webmonkey.com

Only if you are kind!

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