hi Chris, > OK - here is the dilemma - I have 70 Gb of data that I need to move > from an External NTFS formatted USB Drive to a SUNOS Server. Is > there no reliable way to mount the drive locally so it can be read > from the server? I am willing to format the drive with UFS, but then > I can't see it from the Windows side. It astounds me that today it > is so difficult to move data between platforms - any suggestions > would be appreciated. The restrictions are that I can't install any > software on the SUN server.
Given you've asked this question of the NFS discuss alias, I have to ask: is there any reason why NFS isn't the ideal solution? In particular, NFS was designed to moved data between different platforms. Might even be quicker than USB2, too :) cheers c.
