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Q: I want to copy files to a windows box over the network

A:

• Second Method

I boot with Knoppix from the CD drive. Once it has fully loaded to
the KDE desktop, I open a konsole command window. I assume the the hda1
(C: drive) is a FAT32 drive, so I mount it with the command:

sudo mount -t vfat -o ro,users /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

If instead the the hda1 (C: drive) is a NTFS drive, the I mount it with the command:

sudo mount -t ntfs -o ro,users /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1

Next I open up the GUI file manager (called konqueror).

sudo konqueror

Once that comes up, in the location bar, I use the following to
authenticate to a Windows domain & then access a windows networking
share.In the location bar:

smb:/domain\username@IP.address.of.machine

If you do not need to authenticate to a domain, the form is:

smb:/hostname

or

smb:/IP.address.of.machine

This allows me to access windows shares. I navigate to where I want
to save the data, then hit the keys CTRL-T to open a tnew tabbed
window. Then in that location bar type:

/mnt/hda1/

Now I see the hda1 (C: drive) contents. Just like in windows
explorer, select the file & folders you want to copy, CTRL-C or
right-click & copy them. Use the mouse & move over to the other
tab with the smb connection, then CTRL-V or right-click paste to
initiate the transfer. When you are done copying files, close the
konqueror window, click the KDE K menu and choose to reboot/shutdown
the PC. TO shutdown the PC by command:

sudo init 0

• Other method, in which both directions are possible. Either start SAMBA or mount the remote share.
  • "sudo /etc/init.d/samba start", add users with "smbpasswd -a
    knoppix". After this, the home directory of user knoppix will be shared
    as readonly. If you need other shares, edit /etc/samba/smb.conf and
    restart samba (replace "start" with "restart").
  • "mkdir tmp/share; sudo mount -t smbfs -o
    username=Administrator //otherbox/share /tmp/share" (maybe start samba
    too to get rid of the warnings, especialy when using "nmblookup")
• Or you can obtain a lissetup.sh ("wget
  http://users.volja.net/zejnovi/lissetup.sh" in console). After doing
  that, in console, type: "chmod +x lissetup.sh", and then
  "./lissetup.sh". After doing this, you can use the LAN browser in
  Konqueror.

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