• Need networking some help transfering files from linux to windows
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yeah so I am currently trying to send some important files on a PC which had it's windows operating system totalled by some viruses, won't even safeboot. I am on a live boot right now and need to send files from this computer to my lappy via ethernet. problem is I can't seem to get the computers to see eachother and allow file transfers. any ideas?
Is samba started?
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19410145]yeah so I am currently trying to send some important files on a PC which had it's windows operating system totalled by some viruses, won't even safeboot. I am on a live boot right now and need to send files from this computer to my lappy via ethernet. problem is I can't seem to get the computers to see eachother and allow file transfers. any ideas?[/QUOTE] Put everything into a folder, tar it, and copy it over ssh. Make sure you have sshd started on the computer you're sending to. (laptop) [code] tar czvf stuff/ stuff.tar.gz scp stuff.tar.gz yourUser@yourIP:/path/to/store/ [/code] [editline]04:55PM[/editline] Oh, the laptop is running Windows? Then yeah, Samba would probably be best.
yeah figured it out
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