Not your fault. Its mine. I applogise for this goof-up since I did not understand the exact problem.
Short of actual networking, I have not done or heard of any one doing this sort of thing in Linux. I have used parallel port cable to transfer my data from my laptop to my PC using pure DOS software (interlink etc), but never as a shared resource which would be necessary if you want to install. DOSEMU handles the DOS software quite well at the Linux end. I have no experience with Samba., the only software I heard of where one can share Windows resources on a second machine. Perhaps some0ne who uses Samba can throw some light. I am just as curious to know about it as you. USM Bish On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, you wrote: > >%_I apologize, I may have not made it very clear that they are two, totally > >separate machines that I am trying to connect. That is what I meant by this > >"I need to transfer some program files and stuff from my windows machine > >(where I download the stuff) to the Linux machine". I REALLY appreciate what > >you had to say so maybe you have a thought on this too? Thanks in advance > >for your help. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "USM Bish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Cc: "Matt Gagné" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 9:35 AM > Subject: Re: Transferring files between a windows machine and a Debian Linux > machine > > > > I am at this game for the last few years. There are two solutions to this: > > > > Solution 1: If you have multiple OSs (like me) with Debian 2.1, Slack-7, > > and Win-98, (and BeOS till recently): > > > > a) Create a separate partition, (Type of partition msdos or vfat). > > Use "fips" for non destructive re-partitioning of existing DOS > > partitions in case you do not want a ner installation. > > b) This will show up automatically in DOS/ Win as Drive "X" > > c) From Linux mount this partition, as umsdos, (otherwise, long > > file names will be juggered). Since the partition I use is hdb3, > > I mount it as follows: > > > > mount -t umsdos /dev/hdb3 /archive > > > > d) Having a separate partition has the advantage that all OSs which > > can access a MS DOS partition can be used for sharing data > > inclusive of mp3s, GIFs, HTML and other files. > > > > Solution 2: Just mount your DOS/ Win9x partition as msdos or vfat > > to a mount point of your choice. All long filenames in this case would > > be 8.3 format. Just suitable enough for transfer of data, but not > > installing. > > > > USM Bish > > > > > > > > On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, Matt Gagné wrote: > > > I need to transfer some program files and stuff from my windows machine > > > (where I download the stuff) to the Linux machine (where I am learning to > > > set it up) Can someone tell me the best way to do that? Thanks. > > > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > Matt Gagné > > > Greensboro, NC > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > > > > : > > ------------------------- > > Its a BishMail :-) > > ------------------------- > > : > > > > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- : ------------------------- Its a BishMail :-) ------------------------- :
