[TriLUG] Crossover Copy

[Chris Bullock]

Glad to hear you got it working. I use a program called WinSCP for connecting 
to Linux boxes from windows incase anyone else was interested.  It is 
basically a SSH session for file transfer.  No need to have smb shares or 
shares on Windows boxes.--cgb


On Thursday 14 August 2003 17:25, Jeffery C. Baldwin wrote:
> Nevermind :-) , I got it working..
>
> Thanks all
>
> Jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Baldwin" <baldwinj at email.unc.edu>
> To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:03 PM
> Subject: [TriLUG] Crossover Copy
>
> > Hello All --
> >
> > I have a RedHat Linux that I need to rebuild, it has about 4GB of data
> > that I need to backup before I start this procedure.  I do NOT have any
> > sort of external tape storage device or internal CD-R device that I can
> > use either... so what I planned on doing is using a crossover cable to
> > copy the data directly to another box temporarily.  I have a Windows XP
> > box handy and could build another Linux box if necessary (if it would
> > make this process significantly easier).  Do any of you have any
> > experience copying data from a Linux box to a WinXP/2K box using
> > crossover cables? Any 'tips/hints' that you could give would be
> > appreciated.  I imagine I will have to share the drive on the Win box and
> > mount it from the Linux box using smbmount?
> >
> > Thanks for any info..
> >
> > Jeff
> >
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