[CALUG] trouble mounting usb cdrw

[Russ]

Thanks Bernie,

I'm going to take your advice and pick up an ethernet card and transfer
the files across a private network.  

Russ

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Bernard Karmilowicz wrote:

> Hi Russ:
> 
> > Once again, thanks for the help, and I appreciate the valuable input.
> 
> You are welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> > I have never used cpio/rdist.
> 
> cpio is a good tool for archiving and copying files. rdist is a good 
> tool for replicating file-systems (in whole or in part) across multiple 
> computers:
> 
>      http://www.intencorp.com/karmilow/share/howto-cpio.html
>      http://linuxgazette.net/issue29/pate.html
> 
> 
> 
> > The machine that I want the files off of does not have an ethernet card.
> 
> Part of the fun of computers in general, and Unix/Linux in particular, 
> is playing with networking. Ethernet PCI cards are almost free ($5 
> mail-order, $7 local). For example:
> 
> http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200140&Ns=display%5Fprice%7C0&product_code=50098247
> http://www.startech.com/Product/ItemSpecs.aspx?productid=ST100SW&c=US
> 
> 
> 
> > since I'm fairly new and, I think Linux is very cool, I thought making 
> > it work would be a nice challenge for me. It has become a bit 
> > exhaustive though.
> 
> Linux is a great learning tool. Please ask for help if challenge turns 
> to frustration.
> 
> 
> 
> > One of my thoughts during this challange was to buy and ethernet card 
> > and copy across my own network. Being a newbie, I figured setting up 
> > the ethernet card would be a challenge for me, so I focused on the USB 
> > CDRW.
> > my goal is to copy the home directory off of the older machine. So, 
> > any ideas or enlightenment are very much appreciated.
> 
> If your new computer will include a CD burner, then I'd save the $30 for 
> an internal CD burner for the PII machine, and instead buy a $5 Ethernet 
> card. Your $5 investment will allow you to connect your old and new 
> computers so you can play with networking and replicate your /home 
> volume, and you can still learn CD burning over Linux on your new 
> computer to backup /home to CD-R for safe off-site storage.
> 
> Regarding enlightenment; The Linux HOWTOs (including CD-Writing and 
> NET3-4) are well-written and insightful resources:
> 
>      http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> - Bernie
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Sincerely,

Russ Main