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

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Mike Norwood wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Jim Ray wrote:
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>>>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
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>>[JR>] knoppix rocks.
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>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.
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>Thanks.
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It sounds like you're off to a good start - but be careful of newer 
windows machines.  Linux can't write reliably to NTFS partitions, and 
that may bite you sooner or later.

Aaron S. Joyner