Smbmount / Tar --> possible option

[Daniel Villarreal]

Since if you use MS Windows you can't be too concerned about uptime...

Why not boot up with Knoppix (http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) and scp the whole Windows setup to a Linux box.

If you use a Red-Hat type OS, like CentOS (http://centos.org/), you can get NTFS modules at http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/index.html

something like, depending on setup on your other computer...

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.x
route add default gw 192.168.0.1

scp -c blowfish /mnt/cdrive root at 192.168.0.x:/home/storage/win

- or -

Go get WinSCP and just SFTP to a Linux box...
http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/index.php

WinSCP is an open source SFTP client for Windows  using SSH. 


have fun,
Daniel


On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 08:30:48 -0500
Justin Bennett <Justin.Bennett at dynabrade.com> wrote:

> Following Pete's recommendation on backing up files from windows, I'm 
> using tar off of a smbmount file share, I'm getting file changed as we 
> read it errors during the tar, it's always the same files, and in 
> windows they haven't changed. I did some googleing and found that this 
> is an issue with windows reporting the timestamp and that the file 
> should be ok. Can anyone confirm they've see this problem?
> 
> Thanks
> Justin
> 
> -- 
> Justin Bennett
> Network Administrator
> Dynabrade, Inc.
> 8989 Sheridan Dr.
> Clarence, NY 14031
>  
>