File transfer problem

[Karl F. Larsen]

chris wrote:
> ntfs-3g it is in the repositories
> the kiwi
> On Mon, 2010-01-11 at 06:29 -0700, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
>> Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
>>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>        What I would like to do is copy the files on the little hard
>>>> drive to the computer which has WinXP and Ubuntu 9.04 in the
>>>> /dev/sda5 partition.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        Does anyone have an idea how to start?
>>>>
>>> Mount the ext3 partition -> properly mount the other partition -> cp
>>> -Rv /path/to/ext3partiton/* /path/to/other/
>> 	The problem is that the Linux mount cannot mount a windows 
>> ntsf file system using the form sudo mount -t ntsf /dev/sda5 
>> /mnt. The 9.04 LiveCD lets you make a windows ntsf file 
>> system. Friends tell me it is far better than FAT32.
>>
>> 	There appears to be a software that allows a windows system 
>> to read an ext3 file. This is backward to what I need.
>>
>> 	If there is a way to write a mount that mounts ntsf file 
>> systems I sure need to know it. I have read and re-read man 
>> mount and it looks bad.
>>
>> 73 Karl
>>
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>>> First step is rather simple, as you've been doing it this whole time,
>>> I'll skip explaining it.
>>> The second step needs a bit more attention, when you formatted the
>>> partition on whatever device you used, what filesystem type did you
>>> choose? After you have that information, mount the drive in the
>>> command line like this:
>>> sudo mkdir /media/mount
>>> sudo mount -t FILESYSTEMTYPE /dev/sda5 /media/mount
>>> The filesystem type is ntfs if you formatted it as such, and if you
>>> formatted it as fat32 it will be vfat.
>>> Last step is simple.
>>> sudo cp -Rv /path/to/mounted/device/ /media/mount/
>>>
>>> ~SpaceGhost
>>>
>>
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>> 	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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> 
> 
	It is in a standard load of Ubunto 9.04 and 9.10 too


73 Karl


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