Exactly what I ended up doing, I felt sort of dumb not thinking of this to start with :-)
Thanks! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Bullock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Crossover Copy Glad to hear you got it working. I use a program called WinSCP for connecting to Linux boxes from windows incase anyone else was interested. It is basically a SSH session for file transfer. No need to have smb shares or shares on Windows boxes.--cgb On Thursday 14 August 2003 17:25, Jeffery C. Baldwin wrote: > Nevermind :-) , I got it working.. > > Thanks all > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:03 PM > Subject: [TriLUG] Crossover Copy > > > Hello All -- > > > > I have a RedHat Linux that I need to rebuild, it has about 4GB of data > > that I need to backup before I start this procedure. I do NOT have any > > sort of external tape storage device or internal CD-R device that I can > > use either... so what I planned on doing is using a crossover cable to > > copy the data directly to another box temporarily. I have a Windows XP > > box handy and could build another Linux box if necessary (if it would > > make this process significantly easier). Do any of you have any > > experience copying data from a Linux box to a WinXP/2K box using > > crossover cables? Any 'tips/hints' that you could give would be > > appreciated. I imagine I will have to share the drive on the Win box and > > mount it from the Linux box using smbmount? > > > > Thanks for any info.. > > > > Jeff > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ > > : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
