restlessone Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 hi again... so i did manage to come to a point where i could connect my laptop to the network and install the image file from my desktop ( as i dont own a usb disc). everything looks fine.. paths are right... this time i stumble upon a file size problem. using knoppix, i mount the xp drive using smbfs (i guess) and this stops transfer/installation after 2GB and gives this error... anybody know any good advice for that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8086ed Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Something must be using the FAT file system. I'm a n00b, so I don't know a way around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 xp box has NTFS.. am not sure if it is a windows thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 xp box has NTFS.. am not sure if it is a windows thing. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's an smbfs thing. Either use cifs or include "lfs" in the mount options for smbfs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 how can i use lfs or cifs ? knoppix says gifs and lfs arent supported by the kernel ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 how how could i mount my xp drive as an ftp server ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Run "mount" to see how it's mounted. You should see a line like //xp_machine/share on /mnt/share type smbfs (ro,username=restlessone) first do umount /mnt/share then do mount -t smbfs -o lfs,ro,username=restlessone //xp_machine/share /mnt/share or mount -t cifs -o ro,username=restlessone //xp_machine/share /mnt/share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restlessone Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 i did try that Jake...but didnt work... i am suspicious about the knoppix version i am using... getting the latest version right now.. I shall inform u as soon as possible... i wish those usb driver werent so expensive ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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