1) No, I don't think there is such a document. (pity - Any volunteers?)
2) Yes, you can uses tomsrtbt to copy files from PC to PC. Here is one way
of doing it: (using `nc`)
I will assume that you are booting both machines with tomsrtbt, and that you
know how to set the two machines up such that you can atleast ping, each PC
from the other. I will also guess that your VA-LINUX computer has the
address 192.168.1.9 while your backup machine has the address of
192.168.1.10.
On your backup PC change to the directory where you want the data.
eg: cd /mnt/hda1/VA-backup/
and then run: nc -l -p 2000 | gzip -d -q | tar vxf -
(This makes nc listen to port 2000 for a connection. Any data send, will be
ungzip-ed and then untar-ed into /mnt/hda1/VA-backup
So on the VA-LINUX PC, you will have to send a gziped tar ball, thus:
Change directory to where the data is stored.
eg: cd /mnt/hda1/mydata/
and run:
tar -cf - ./ | gzip -q | nc -w 10 192.168.1.10 2000
You should end up with a copy of the files from "mydata" in "VA-backup"
(I'm NOT sure if this method will work with linked files.)
Hope this helps.
> ----------
> From: Nathan Fain[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 14 February 2000 20:03
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] network support
>
> Q1: is there a basic document on network support within tomsrtbt?
>
> I have a VA LINUX machine that I might be wiping clean and starting from
> scratch... however, it's current state is unstable... I can only access
> data
> by mounting it from rescue disk (or tomsrtbt). I need to transfer data
> somehow to another machine, Ideally through something like ftp. For that
> I
> need network support.
>
> Q2: is tomsrtbt good for this task or should I use another distro, method?
>
> Direction to tfm is greatly appreciated, and so is anything else that
> helps
> me understand how to go about solving this problem.
>
> thanks
> - Nathan
>
