On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 11:05 -0400, Jim Hartley wrote: > Migrating the files shouldn't be that bad. Go to the Win box and ZIP > everything into one huge file, then FTP it across to the Linux box (make > sure you have an FTP server running on Linux, Windoze generally has an > FTP client, so initiate the transfer from Win). Then put the ZIP file > where you want the root of the DOS file tree and UNZIP it. > > Jim Hartley >
Actually, my "huge effort" of migrating files from FAT to ext3 may actually be trivial. My main PC is multiboot containing Fedora, Ubuntu, and WinXP. I have a 30 GB FAT partition. It is 40% full and contains tens of thousands of files. I also have a 30 GB ext3 data partition (which I mount as "large_downloads"). If I run Linux, I can use a file manager such as KDE Dolphin and just do a copy of my FAT partition into my ext3 partition. It might take many hours to complete but I believe it would accomplish the migration. Sean: *Major progress*. Since the suspect in the NFS failure to view mounted files was FAT, I switched gears. My /etc/exports now has /mnt, /mnt/windows, and /mnt/large_downloads. (large_downloads is ext3). I mounted large_downloads.The mount worked and I was able to view the mounted files! So the problem now boils down to getting NFS to view the FAT partition. (I believe this can be done.) However, if it can't be done, then I have the fallback approach of migrating the FAT partition to an ext3 partition on the main PC and then using NFS to access the ext3. I was concerned that the ext3 view wouldn't work because the UID, GID on my NFS server PC is 500,500 whereas on my NFS client PC it is 1000,1000. Apparently, this isn't a problem. Bottom line: Does anyone have suggestions on how to get the NFS FAT sharing to function? (As I previously posted, my NFS client appears to be running NFS Version 3. Perhaps it needs to be running Version 4). _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 7 - Web Hack-a-thon - SUNY Newpaltz Apr 1 - EC2 and Cloud Computer May 6 - TBD
