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Article #242Re: Transferring files from a Mac to a Linux box
From: aaargh
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 00:00
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In article <5lfabq$9hu$4@canberra.dialix.com.au> guzzle@hubble.dialix.com.au (Gary Woodman) writes: > >Put the files on floppy (MS-DOS FAT of course) and walk them across - >can't get much easier than that. With a freeware zip, you could get 2-3 >meg on each floppy. > personally I think the easiest way is via ftp if the two machines are hooked up via ethernet. if you have ncsatelnet, you can run the mac as an ftp server. or you can simply tell fetch to ftp into your linux box. there's absolutely no point in converting things to ms-dos. use hfsutils on linux: hcd, hmount, hdir, hcopy etc. if you don't have them, you can find them at the usual linux ftp sites. after all, if there's mac around, it's probably a good idea to install them. in the long run it'll save time. ciao, g.y. -- *~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~* | To contact me remove the superfluous bits from my address: | * * | cabbage@superfluous.surfline.ne.jp | *~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*~~~~*
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,b900146d93a7b1b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 10669a,b900146d93a7b1b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public X-Google-Thread: 100b1f,b900146d93a7b1b6 X-Google-Attributes: gid100b1f,public From: Mr.Tokumei@null.n.void (aaargh) Subject: Re: Transferring files from a Mac to a Linux box Date: 1997/05/17 Message-ID: <lzyb9ed56v.fsf@radish.vegnet> X-Deja-AN: 242705394 Sender: cabbage@radish.vegnet References: <pete-ya02408000R1505971059320001@news.speednet.com.au> <5lfabq$9hu$4@canberra.dialix.com.au> Organization: Shoes for Industry Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help,aus.computers.linux