What do you mean "Is there a Linux equivalent?" Have you forgotten where networking was invented? It certainly wasn't invented on Windows, Sina. Sheesh. What a question. This is trivial on Linux. We've done it for years. There are several ways to accomplish it. Get a clue. Sina Bahram writes: > If I may humbly suggest? > > Fxp, or flash xp as I think it is...is a windows tool that allows someone to > connect to one ftp, then connect to the other ftp...and then say, FTP A, > copy stuff to FTP B....then all you have to do is sit back and let the data > packets flow...it doesn't go through your system at all: so you could > transfer information at any speed, only limited by the two ftp servers, not > by your own connection. > > *shrug* is there a linux equivalent to this tool/protocall? > > Take care, > Sina > > No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number of > electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Chuck Hallenbeck > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:51 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Linux and data storage? > > Karen, > > You have two bottlenecks, seems to me. One is your connection speed, the > other is nettamer. You can use "tar" on your ISP's system to aggregate those > precious files into one archive, assuming you have the space, and then move > that archive somewhere. Nettamer could retrieve it with its ftp facility, > but it might take forever over a dialup link. > > If you had a linux desktop, you could use an ftp client on your desktop, > call it "system A", to move files from "system B" to "system C", assuming > you had the necessary access permissions and such. > > Also, you could email stuff to yourself with attachments, although nettamer > is a little weird about attachments, and then you have filesize limits. > > Finally, if you had a Linux desktop and a high speed connection you would be > home free. Just grab all those files quickly with an FTP client, move them > to your desktop, and burn them to a CD if you need to. > > My Linux system uses two 40 GB disks, one of which is used extensively to > backup stuff on the other. Not exactly a raid system, but heavily redundant. > I do use CD backups too once in a blue moon. > > Your DOS desktop has limited HD storage. A Linux desktop would not. I have a > DOS partition of 500 MB on each of my two 40 GB hard discs, just in case, > but have not booted into DOS in several years. For my own situation, I > cannot imagine ever being able (psychologically) to return to DOS and > Nettamer. > > Chuck > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
