How do I tar to another computer?
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From: John Hasler on 8 Jun 2010 15:00 unruh writes: > So? That means he does not have rsync installed already. But he can > install it! He'd almost certainly have to compile it as the machine probably does not have the libraries it would need. He'd probably also have to compile some of those libraries and/or patch rsynch. That's if the machine has a compiler... And then there is the matter of getting it onto the machine: if he could do that he wouldn't need to as he could get the stuff he needs to save off the same way. > But he seems singularly unwilling to tell us what IS on that machine. Yes. He ignored my request that he list the contents of the bin and sbin directories. > ftp, rcp,,, He seems to think that it has rcp. If so he's got it made. > Or if necessary, just remove the disk from the old computer, put it > into a usb external case and copy the stuff over on the new computer. He says he doesn't have a machine with a compatible controller (a USB external certainly wouldn't). -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: Kenny McCormack on 8 Jun 2010 15:14 In article <slrni0t1qe.3um.unruh(a)wormhole.physics.ubc.ca>, unruh <unruh(a)wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> wrote: .... >machine. ftp, rcp, Or if necessary, just remove the disk from the old >computer, put it into a usb external case and copy the stuff over on the >new computer. He has been adamant that moving the hard disk is not an option. I think it was simply worry about fragility/moving it. -- Just for a change of pace, this sig is *not* an obscure reference to comp.lang.c...
From: Robert Heller on 8 Jun 2010 15:29 At Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:09:18 GMT unruh <unruh(a)wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> wrote: > > On 2010-06-08, Rikishi42 <skunkworks(a)rikishi42.net> wrote: > > On 2010-06-06, John Hasler <jhasler(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > >> Rikishi42 writes: > >>> Or did I miss out on something? > >> > >> The machine is running Caldera Linux. That means that it is probably > >> older than rsync. > > > > Got it. :-) > > So? That means he does not have rsync installed already. But he can > install it! But he seems singularly unwilling to tell us what IS on that > machine. ftp, rcp, Or if necessary, just remove the disk from the old > computer, put it into a usb external case and copy the stuff over on the > new computer. Unless he can get an *old* *binary* for rsync that will work with the *old* libraries he has (I would hazard to guess it might even have libc5!) OR he has a complete build toolchain on that machine (and normally one does NOT install a complete build toolchain on a production server, so it is unlikely that the complete build toolchain is installed), if rsync is not installed, he is not going to be able to install or build it. It sounds like this machine has all sorts of issues: old (SCSI probably) *RAID* controller (it sounds like the disk(s) are not garden variety IDE disks, so pulling it/them out and installing it/them in a usb external case is a non-option), really old operating system, possibly dead IDE controller, not working (or missing) USB ports, etc. That is, the system probably belongs in either a museum or a landfill, but the OP wants to grab some of its data off onto a modern machine, hopefully before it dies. tar and ftp are very likely to be installed. rcp/rsh seem also to be available. This pretty much covers all bases. The OP just needs to install the matching deamon software on the new box: vsftpd and/or rsh-server, both of which are easily available as ready-to-install-and-run binary packages. > > > > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller(a)deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
From: unruh on 8 Jun 2010 18:53 On 2010-06-08, John Hasler <jhasler(a)newsguy.com> wrote: > unruh writes: >> So? That means he does not have rsync installed already. But he can >> install it! > > He'd almost certainly have to compile it as the machine probably does > not have the libraries it would need. He'd probably also have to > compile some of those libraries and/or patch rsynch. That's if the > machine has a compiler... > > And then there is the matter of getting it onto the machine: if he could > do that he wouldn't need to as he could get the stuff he needs to save > off the same way. > >> But he seems singularly unwilling to tell us what IS on that machine. > > Yes. He ignored my request that he list the contents of the bin and > sbin directories. > >> ftp, rcp,,, > > He seems to think that it has rcp. If so he's got it made. > >> Or if necessary, just remove the disk from the old computer, put it >> into a usb external case and copy the stuff over on the new computer. > > He says he doesn't have a machine with a compatible controller (a USB > external certainly wouldn't). ?? sure it would. At least I certainly have used ancient disk drives on usb external cases designed for ata disk drives. Of course they may be difficult to find now adays.
From: John Hasler on 8 Jun 2010 19:21
unruh writes: > At least I certainly have used ancient disk drives on usb external > cases designed for ata disk drives. The machine has an SCSI hardware RAID array, IIRC. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA |