<div dir="ltr"><div>I had mentioned this earlier as a DM, but, thought i'd put it out there. I'd try NFS. Export from the *nix box and mount it on the M$ box. <br><br></div>Some M$ will have built in NFS support, others may need 3rd party support, but, I think its a pretty simple solution. <br><div><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Thanks,<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Walt Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waltechmail@yahoo.com" target="_blank">waltechmail@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'd like to say thanks to those who responded to this<br>
use Q, as well as those who responded to my earlier queries.<br>
<br>
A few clarification on suggestions: and oooops<br>
after items 1 - 4 .<br>
TL; DR ???<br>
<br>
(I expect a lot of silence even if anyone reads as far<br>
as item 4. However, think of my writing as cathartic to a degree.. )<br>
Reply to most suggestions are mentioned in one of the items below.<br>
<br>
1. At present, my latest Q is-- Is there a distro that:<br>
<br>
a. solves this thumb drive problem ?<br>
b. Is easy to load the media codecs ?<br>
c: provides the below specs ?<br>
<br>
I have a xubuntu 17 install DVD I haven't tried yet.<br>
One user suggested Mint.<br>
<br>
<br>
(my main desire here is to watch short videos<br>
and a: slow motion b: save the slow motion version<br>
c: convert files customize by either file type ( say, mpg or mov )<br>
d: convert with file size reduction and possible choice of<br>
frame rate or resolution ? ( note: I need two different<br>
Windows-made programs to do the same, and vlc etc<br>
doesn't always work well or have the codecs... no matter what<br>
I do: .. as I said, I want to simplify.<br>
<br>
2. I don't need a real sync situation, as it's a home<br>
setup. I like to "backup" use files from either 3 times<br>
a year, although, well, I AM familiar with the THEORY<br>
of doing all the work on One and using the second for backup..<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, having one desktop Win 7, one desktop<br>
linux and a recent laptop, and carrying an Android with pix, videos<br>
that I want to process back and forth have - for me--<br>
complicated things... It's a good thing I don't work in Admin !!<br>
( help! )<br>
<br>
<br>
3. My preference is Thumb drive as I can also use the same<br>
"system" to transfer stuff to anyone elses computer by<br>
simply carrying it around. this is appealing to me.<br>
<br>
4. I hate to complain - anymore -- it pisses people off-<br>
but my recent trial of CentOS 6.8 and CentOS 7 have left<br>
me feeling ( without the grundgy details ) of what it was like<br>
20+ years ago to use Redhat 5, or 7... NO, NOT RHE7..<br>
Pretty screens... not user friendly.<br>
It was suggested that I try Fedora: However, it's the same<br>
Company.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
my dreary details.<br>
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<br>
5. The thumb drive thing is more complicated than<br>
I initially thought -- as well as the larger hard disk I want to<br>
use as backup ( no suggestions on that, but I figure it'd<br>
be similar to thumb drive soln.).... I have an 8 gig thumb which<br>
seems to work pretty well. I've had the 32G for some time and<br>
used ti on two linux system for awhile, without validating<br>
by plugging into a Win 7.<br>
<br>
<br>
6.<br>
One of the Win symptoms that was annoying before I<br>
Decided to try different methods - rather than spend the same<br>
amount of time or more -- trying to google either outdated,<br>
wrong link, or just crappy forums/maillists.. was that when I<br>
plugged the 32g into the usb, the progress bar would<br>
scroll green and scroll and slow and go slower and slower,,<br>
and then just stop.. So, I sometimes scratched my b-lls<br>
and put it aside... and aside.. and aside ...<br>
<br>
(DOH!)<br>
<br>
7.<br>
The Windows builtin format did select FAT32 and set the kb per...<br>
at 16kb. I had no clue what a exFAT was. And at present I don't<br>
know if Linux does.<br>
<br>
8. CentOS has 2 utilites in gui:<br>
<br>
Disk Utility 2.30 by Redhat. # leaves a few things to be desired..<br>
GParted 0.19 # leaves a few things to be desired: BUT:<br>
it WILL clear a thumb of format, so Windows can do something.<br>
And doesn't support many formats. But it tell you that with a nice table.<br>
<br>
<br>
9. I considered wifi, but the two wifi cards I have aren't<br>
linux compatible, and OK, I can probably buy one at<br>
Microcenter (I still might )... Still doesn't solve the<br>
"Carry software" around problem .<br>
<br>
10. Over a decade ago, I had a small network setup.<br>
I simply had hopes ( since I'm also simplifiying my life )<br>
of avoiding it: I'm not comfortable in having to think about<br>
if/how my connections are up or not when I want to transfer,<br>
whether the Ethernet is seen as a local net or route to<br>
external ( usually from linux ) and having to "fix it", or have it<br>
go down when I do a dialup ppp.<br>
<br>
11. The CentOS 6.8 dialup with wvdial does NOT put the<br>
dynamic DNS servers in resolve.conf: I had to manually<br>
edit the file supposedly set by NetWorkManager - which<br>
gui no longer has nice dialup integrated, and I haven't<br>
met or know anyone who seems to actually "know"<br>
NetworkManager.... ( and I'm a little beyond researching<br>
every program more than a try it out basis.)<br>
<br>
12: After an attempt to update, and then downdate the CentOS7 kernel,<br>
the HD is now unbootable ( grub shows ). So Im back to the 6.8.<br>
<br>
THANKS again !! for the assistance..<br>
no decisions have been made yet on what<br>
I'm going to do. Although simply getting a couple<br>
more 8 gig thumb drives seems appealing, instead<br>
of using up 4gig DVD's ( RW's ) to carry around ..<br>
<span class=""><br>
<br>
Walt ....<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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The government is lawless, not the press (people).<br>
( [Supreme Court] Justice Douglas re: The Pentagon Papers )<br>
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<span class="">On Tue, 11/7/17, Thomas Delrue <<a href="mailto:delrue.thomas@gmail.com">delrue.thomas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Subject: Re: [CALUG] moving files between linux and windows<br>
</span> To: "Bernard Karmilowicz" <<a href="mailto:karmilow@intencorp.com">karmilow@intencorp.com</a>>, "Walt Smith" <<a href="mailto:waltechmail@yahoo.com">waltechmail@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Cc: "CALUG mailing list" <<a href="mailto:calug@unknownlamer.org">calug@unknownlamer.org</a>><br>
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 2:05 PM<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
On 11/07/2017 01:46 PM, Bernard<br>
Karmilowicz wrote:<br>
>> I want to easily<br>
move user files between Windows and Linux.<br>
><br>
> The easiest way<br>
I've found to move files between two computers (when<br>
one<br>
> of the computers is running Linux)<br>
is to:<br>
><br>
> 1.<br>
put both boxes on a local private network (if both boxes<br>
have<br>
> Ethernet interfaces then<br>
connecting them together using a Cat5<br>
><br>
crossover* cable quickly creates a simple network)<br>
> 2. configure each boxes'<br>
network interface for the private network**<br>
> Linux example: #<br>
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 192.168.12.3 netmask<br>
> 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192,168.12.0<br>
> 3. start a ftp daemon (e.g.<br>
/usr/sbin/proftpd, /usr/sbin/vsftpd) or<br>
><br>
a ssh daemon (e.g. /usr/sbin/sshd) on the Linux box<br>
> 4. start a ftp or sftp client on<br>
the Windows box to copy files<br>
> between<br>
the two computers<br>
<br>
Do<br>
you have a need to keep them in sync or is it a one-time<br>
move?<br>
<br>
Have you considered<br>
USB drives or SD cards? Never underestimate the<br>
bandwidth of a Volvo Station Wagon filled with<br>
those!<br>
<br>
<a href="https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/">https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/</a><br>
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