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WildChild · 10-11-2004, 12:58 PM

Hi, I'm SiN's boyfriend.
Aight, here goes nothing.
First of all, I see how SCP could be excessively slow in your case, with the (probably slow) laptop and a high-speed link (where you would expect more), but then again getting CRC errors on files doesn't make sense.
Let's just forget about that, it wasn't meant for this kind of use anyway.
There's esentially two (three) options I see.
1) Setup some stupid ftp server (e.g. vsftpd. stupid = simplicity in this case) on either machine. Preferrably on the target machine. This should be simple enough for any distro. Heck even Knoppix comes with vsftpd afaik.
Then use ncftp on the client (the `broken') machine. Keyword: "mput -r"
2) Setup samba on the target machine, make one share, guest = yes; browseable = yes; write users = youruser;...
This could be an example (this is taken from a working configuration with minor modifications):

Code:

[yoursharenamehere]
        path            = /dump
        comment         = backup dump
        browseable      = yes
        writeable       = yes
        create mask     = 0777
        directory mask  = 0777
        force user      = yourunixuserhere
        force group     = yourunixuserhere
        hide dot files  = yes
        guest ok        = yes
        unix charset    = iso8859-15
        display charset = iso8859-15
        client codepage = 850

Don't forget to sync/add samba users on the server using smbpasswd (as always, man is your friend)
3) lather, rinse, repeat, just with nfs. But here is more involved, you'd need user-space-daemon and a locking daemon - installation differs from distro to distro, so unless you know what you're doing, I'd recommend one of the above as a quick'n'dirty hack.

If you go for 2 or 3, either use cp -r or mc to control what you want to copy. mc does subdir tagging afaik, so it should be easy enough.

In any way, don't expect speed miracles here, the ntfs driver is not the speediest compared to `real, native' (no flaming please) fs drivers - but all of the above should be solid ways to get you from a to b without too much hassle.

enjoy

if need be, SiN can give you my email.

10-11-2004, 12:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
WildChild Upright	Hi, I'm SiN's boyfriend. Aight, here goes nothing. First of all, I see how SCP could be excessively slow in your case, with the (probably slow) laptop and a high-speed link (where you would expect more), but then again getting CRC errors on files doesn't make sense. Let's just forget about that, it wasn't meant for this kind of use anyway. There's esentially two (three) options I see. 1) Setup some stupid ftp server (e.g. vsftpd. stupid = simplicity in this case) on either machine. Preferrably on the target machine. This should be simple enough for any distro. Heck even Knoppix comes with vsftpd afaik. Then use ncftp on the client (the `broken') machine. Keyword: "mput -r" 2) Setup samba on the target machine, make one share, guest = yes; browseable = yes; write users = youruser;... This could be an example (this is taken from a working configuration with minor modifications): Code: [yoursharenamehere] path = /dump comment = backup dump browseable = yes writeable = yes create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 force user = yourunixuserhere force group = yourunixuserhere hide dot files = yes guest ok = yes unix charset = iso8859-15 display charset = iso8859-15 client codepage = 850 Don't forget to sync/add samba users on the server using smbpasswd (as always, man is your friend) 3) lather, rinse, repeat, just with nfs. But here is more involved, you'd need user-space-daemon and a locking daemon - installation differs from distro to distro, so unless you know what you're doing, I'd recommend one of the above as a quick'n'dirty hack. If you go for 2 or 3, either use cp -r or mc to control what you want to copy. mc does subdir tagging afaik, so it should be easy enough. In any way, don't expect speed miracles here, the ntfs driver is not the speediest compared to `real, native' (no flaming please) fs drivers - but all of the above should be solid ways to get you from a to b without too much hassle. enjoy if need be, SiN can give you my email.