On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 1:00:04 PM UTC+5:30, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I bought a new Toshiba lap top and want to copy the files from my old > Toshiba lap top to the new one. They both have Debian, the latest > version, so can I just hook up usb to usb and copy that way? If so would > I need a certain command to do it? > > Just a thought to make it easier since the old one's dvd burner no > longer works.
H/W: Back to back ethernet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable Special cable not needed nowadays it seems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Dependent_Interface#Auto_MDI-X S/W netcat maybe piped to tar The netcat scripts I use are like so: sendnc: otherip=192.168.1.1 nc -vv -n -w 2 $otherip 5600 < $1 recvnc: nc -vv -w 30 -p 5600 -l > $1 These can be directly piped to/from tar but I always have trouble working that command out :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/4f706043-5228-4674-b086-eb4323f69...@googlegroups.com
