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Originally Posted by rozilla
I've got an Ubuntu laptop and I want liberate someone from Vista hell. What I need to do is backup their data, before I install Ubuntu on their laptop. I'm guessing I will be needing a cross-over cable to connect.
But then what?
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Then you'll either need to fire up the FTP server on your Linux box, or the Samba server, and transfer the file(s). I'd use Samba, though, over FTP.
Personally, I'd hook up through a home-networking box, since it'll dole out the IP addresses via DHCP, and save you the trouble of manually configuring the interfaces, routes, etc., if you just use a straight crossover cable. If you are already connected through that box, check to see if samba is running (try /etc/init.d/smb status). I had to do some things on my OpenSuSE box to get it going:
- Disable the firewall, until you get connected. Vista had a cramp with it at first
- Check the Vista box to see what workgroup it's in. Either change it to match what's in your smb.conf file, or change your smb.conf to match what Vista has. Bounce your samba service after you make the change.
- Reboot the Vista box, after you get them both on the workgroup. COLD boot...warm boot didn't go clean (imagine that), and it could never see the workgroup.
- I left my smb.conf to let users log in. After that, I just map a network drive from Vista to linux, and copy away.
