[TriLUG] peer to peer file transfer from boot disk or cd

[Mike Norwood]

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Jim Ray wrote:

> > What I am really looking for is a process where I can boot the windows
> > machine from a linux disk or cd (it would be ideal if small enough to fit
> > on either, as sometimes one or the other does not work), and as easily as
> > possible (with minimum user interaction, as I am not the only one who does
> > this), the network card is detected, the drive is mounted, IP address is
> > assigned
> [JR>] knoppix rocks.

I am sure knoppix can do it, probably on both machines, still the ideal 
solution will fit on a diskette. In searching a little more it seems like 
netcat may be the best way to transfer the data, as I don't have to worry 
about configuring servers.

Thanks.

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