Re: Transferring files between a windows machine and a Debian Linux machine
Not your fault. Its mine. I applogise for this goof-up since I did not
understand the exact problem.
Short of actual networking, I have not done or heard of any one doing
this sort of thing in Linux. I have used parallel port cable to transfer my
data from my laptop to my PC using pure DOS software (interlink etc),
but never as a shared resource which would be necessary if you want
to install.
DOSEMU handles the DOS software quite well at the Linux end.
I have no experience with Samba., the only software I heard of where
one can share Windows resources on a second machine. Perhaps
some0ne who uses Samba can throw some light. I am just as curious
to know about it as you.
USM Bish
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> >%_I apologize, I may have not made it very clear that they are two, totally separate machines that I am trying to connect. That is what I meant by this "I need to transfer some program files and stuff from my windows machine (where I download the stuff) to the Linux machine". I REALLY appreciate what you had to say so maybe you have a thought on this too? Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "USM Bish" <bish@nde.vsnl.net.in>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Cc: "Matt Gagné" <matt@gagne.pair.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Transferring files between a windows machine and a Debian Linux machine
>
>
> > I am at this game for the last few years. There are two solutions to this:
> >
> > Solution 1: If you have multiple OSs (like me) with Debian 2.1, Slack-7,
> > and Win-98, (and BeOS till recently):
> >
> > a) Create a separate partition, (Type of partition msdos or vfat).
> > Use "fips" for non destructive re-partitioning of existing DOS
> > partitions in case you do not want a ner installation.
> > b) This will show up automatically in DOS/ Win as Drive "X"
> > c) From Linux mount this partition, as umsdos, (otherwise, long
> > file names will be juggered). Since the partition I use is hdb3,
> > I mount it as follows:
> >
> > mount -t umsdos /dev/hdb3 /archive
> >
> > d) Having a separate partition has the advantage that all OSs which
> > can access a MS DOS partition can be used for sharing data
> > inclusive of mp3s, GIFs, HTML and other files.
> >
> > Solution 2: Just mount your DOS/ Win9x partition as msdos or vfat
> > to a mount point of your choice. All long filenames in this case would
> > be 8.3 format. Just suitable enough for transfer of data, but not installing.
> >
> > USM Bish
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Matt Gagné wrote:
> > > I need to transfer some program files and stuff from my windows machine
> > > (where I download the stuff) to the Linux machine (where I am learning to
> > > set it up) Can someone tell me the best way to do that? Thanks.
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > Matt Gagné
> > > Greensboro, NC
> > > matt@gagne.pair.com
> > >
> > >
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