> Greetings,
>
> Unlike 3.5 inch diskettes, where there are USB drives available, there is
> no such thing for 5 1/4 ones.
>
> I have some 5-1/4 diskettes which have data that I never bothered to
> transfer to newer types of media. So, I'm looking for recommendations in
> this regard:
> - buy a 5-1/4 interal drive on eBay and try to make it work in Linux?
> - find a service that will transfer the data at a cost?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Max Pyziur
> pyz(a)brama.com
There is a couple of suggestions here:
https://superuser.com/questions/513887/how-do-i-connect-a-5-1-4-floppy-dr...