Re: How to transfer a 2Gb file Linux -> Windows?
On 2004-05-04, David Piniella penned:
>
> Upgrade the winXP machine to FAT32 and then copy the files over. Do not
> upgrade the machine to NTFS or you will probably not be able to write to
> it at all. See
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/tips/beginner/fat32.asp
> for info on how to convert to FAT32 from FAT16.
>
> As far as getting the data over, I'd recommend you use WinSCP3 or
> cygwin's ssh.
>
But if he uses scp or ssh, having ntfs won't matter (for this file
transfer).
For that matter, you can still use samba if a machine has ntfs. The
only real problem with ntfs is trying to *mount* it writably from linux.
--
monique
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