Transferring Files to New Ubuntu System

[Preston Kutzner]

On Nov 25, 2008, at 10:18 AM, Lorenzo Luengo wrote:

> Brian McKee escribió:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Joseph Polanik  
>> <jpolanik at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a new Ubuntu 8.04 system; and, I'm trying to transfer files  
>>> to it
>>> from my old SuSE 9.2 system.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu will mount an external HDD formatted NTFS-3g for Read/Write
>>> access; but, the SuSE 9.2 system will only mount this for Read  
>>> Only access.
>>>
>>> is there any way around this? if not, what would be the next best  
>>> way to
>>> transfer files from an older system to Ubuntu?
>>>
>>
>> A crossover cable or hub and your choice of ssh/smb/nfs would be fast
>> and pretty easy.  Just install ssh server on Ubuntu and hook them
>> together.
>>
> Yep... i think it's the best idea... a crossover cable, and an ssh
> server, then scp localfolder user at ubuntuhost:/remote/folder
>
> or maybe an rsync -a localfolder user at ubuntuhost:/remote/folder could
> also help

rsync would be the quicker option, as you can compress the data during  
the copy.  Also, in my experience, scp has a limit on transfer speed,  
probably due to the encryption overhead, whereas rsync would not.  I'm  
a fan of rsync for local network copies where security isn't an issue  
(especially when you're just using a x-over cable) and scp for copies  
over the tubes.

>
>> While not knowing SuSe 9.2, it's bound to have at least an ssh client
>> by default.  Isn't it KDE?  Konqueror will do
>> fish://ubuntuboxipaddress and you can just drag 'n drop them.
>>
>> Let us know if you need more help with that.
>>
>> Brian
>>
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