On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 17:50 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 17:30 -0700, Dean S. Messing wrote: > >>> I think you are over thinking this... > >>> > >>> If you tar the files and untar them on the MacOS HD (HFS+), the symbolic > >>> links should be fine. > >>> > >>> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/Aliases.html > >>> > >>> I seriously doubt that bringing in a non-native file system is the > >>> answer you are looking for. > >> Thanks for the link and the advice, Craig. > >> > >> Now that I've looked into things, I agree with you about the > >> non-native filesystem. > >> > >> But I'm missing something fundamental. How, without being on a > >> network, do I get the 30GB tar file off my disk and onto her computer? > >> > >> Her Mac is in its packing box at the bookstore at her college in > >> Chicago. I live in Washington. I fly out tomorrow. In the short time > >> I'll be in Chicago, we'll have little time to mess with computer > >> stuff. She'll be busy with a million other "freshman orientation" > >> things. I'm clearly missing the obvious. Please clue me in. > >> Thanks. > > ---- > > a network is 2 computers and a network cable. Since the new MacBook will > > clearly have 1Gb network connection, a simple cable between the 2 > > computers is your network and all you need to do is manually address > > them on the same network/subnet and you can transfer the file(s) via > > scp. > > And you'd better use a "flipped" cable or it won't work. Or two > regular cables and a hub/switch. ---- 1Gb spec has auto-switching which should make a hub/switch/cross-over cable unneeded. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
