Hello,

Im a Linux newbie ....I have some pictures and stuff on my XP computer that I want to copy to my linux box (Mandrake 9.1). Can some please tell me how to copy these files from XP to a specific directory on Mandrake 9.1? eg...want to move /winxp/c/hello.jpg to /var/www/html (This directory on Mandrake). Is there a way you can copy multiple files at the same time?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

thank you,

Verbal Kint

u can prefer one of them to do that:
1- ftp
2- samba
3- ssh


1- u must install a ftp service if it not. u can prefer vsftpd, proftpd..
i use proftpd. www.proftpd.org

2- samba is file and print server. so windows can access to files on linux.
u may prefer SWAT to configure samba

3- just start sshd at linux side.
for windows side, use putty and enable windows file sharing to allow linux to access files. (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~s.../download.html)
connect linux througth putty (login as root). and copy files to linux from windows share.

example of win share mounting

mkdir /mnt/winshare
mount -t smbfs //win-box-name/share /mnt/winshare -o username=user

I use SSH! Start "SSH" (a kind of service ) in linux, then use "winscp.exe" remote access the Linux from windows .we can copy files between Linux and windows by it!

Generally,SSH is Default Started when Red hat 9 is installed and boot! SO,you need not start SSH by hand.you just only use winscp.exe !

YOU can download the software"winscp.exe" from http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/download.php and it is free!

ohh yeah winscp. i forgot to tell about it.

thnx AntonlioX