install Samba on the old box to share what you need, and mount the share on the new box; transfer from there. -Will
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) < [email protected]> wrote: > I have a drive in a spare machine, from which I want to copy, over my > home LAN, the various folders, /, /var, /usr /home to another machine > with a much larger hdd. I have tried booting the machine using a live > ubuntu 8.10 desktop disc.. But have trouble getting networking on this > machine, to 'SEE' my other linux box, which also runs ubuntu 8.10 > desktop. > > Am I approaching this the right way? Is there any easier way, short of > pulling the drive and installing in this other machine, to just mount > each folder and pull the data that way? I want to move it over on my > network if possible. > > Scott > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Warm regards, William Attwood Idea Extraordinaire [email protected] Woody Allen <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/woody_allen.html> - "I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens." /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
