Quote: Is there any way to convert them to DVD short of videotaping them as they are shown on a screen? DVD Recorders/Disks are cheap now!! I copy my 8mm to…

Quote: Originally Posted by FishNrib I copy my 8mm to my DVD recorder and then can play them on the DVD player. I think the OP was referring to 8mm film rather than the 8mm…

Ok I was not sure which section to go for but felt this more of a techniocal problem. My old Fedora Core 5 Machine had a 60gig drive which I am keeping. I want to transfer the da…

Are you setting the Powerbook in target disk mode or are you just connecting these two together with Firewire, thinking they'll show up on the desktop? Shut down the Powerbook. C…

I want the Linux Drive which is in the external encloser to mount. There is no other computer. I have my 60gig that was in a Windows laptop and is now sold in an external encloser.…

Ok I have got the system to see the drive under USB connection. Its a Linux LVM partition but I can not mount it... so I am again stuck. Who can help here?

It won't mount because Mac OS can't understanfd the linux file system. If the drive is formatted with ext2/3 then you can get it to work with this little tool here: http://source…

I honestly am not sure what the hell format it is. I got the swap drive to load but the one thats a linux lvm drive refuses to mount... So I am really confused. I will try what y…

You could also just connect the two machines to your LAN and transfer the files over using rsync/scp or via a Netatalk connection.

The only machines I have are macs right now. My neighbor has an old Duron Windows system, I could try to usse it but I have no clue how to try the network on them. I have a cross…

But the problem is every time I burn the ISO it does not work. I have used Firestarter FX, Toast 6 and Disc Utility and every time it will not read the ISO that it burns. (Yes I am…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cross The only machines I have are macs right now. My neighbor has an old Duron Windows system, I could try to usse it but I have no clue how to try …

Well the other system would bee running a Live CD, which would you recommend I was going to use Uduntu Linux my drive was a Fedora Core 5 distro when it was in use. I will try an…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cross Well the other system would bee running a Live CD, which would you recommend I was going to use Uduntu Linux my drive was a Fedora Core 5 distr…

Yes the drive is out of a compaq presario v2570 laptop that i swapped the drives before I sold it (Thinking, OS X and Linux should have no problem reading the drives.. wrong). So…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cross Yes the drive is out of a compaq presario v2570 laptop that i swapped the drives before I sold it (Thinking, OS X and Linux should have no prob…

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c Okay, well what I"m suggesting is that you install Netatalk just to get the files off of the drive. Fedora should carry Netatalk in its yum …

Quote: Originally Posted by Thraxes And with which Linux machine should he do that? He said he has sold the machine and just kept the HDD from which he now wants the files. The …

It seems like he could boot the mac with the PPC Live CD version of Ubuntu and the linux HDD hooked up internally. Then he could drag and drop the files.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tuoder It seems like he could boot the mac with the PPC Live CD version of Ubuntu and the linux HDD hooked up internally. Then he could drag and drop…

The only ubuntu CD I have is version 4 and its an install CD every ISO I burn just does not work... I have no idea why yet. On the other laptop is a P133 that refuses to boot off…

I think if I can make an ISO like the one spoke of above and boot it on the neighbors computer its a 60 gig with 30-40 or so of information but some I have on DVD back ups so I cou…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cross The only ubuntu CD I have is version 4 and its an install CD every ISO I burn just does not work... I have no idea why yet. On the other lapt…

I have used firestarter fx, disc utility and toast 6 and each time I select the iso file through image select, burn it. It verifys it says it completed but then refuses to read the…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cross I have used firestarter fx, disc utility and toast 6 and each time I select the iso file through image select, burn it. It verifys it says it c…