Moving files

[Manish]

Ok, i've got linux installed but the only way to transport files from my windows PC is through the floppy drive. So how do I split files up into smaller parts (using the windows PC) and unpack them (in my linux PC). I don't want to use a diffecult command line program (like pkzip).
Help would be appreciated, thanks.

[X4v13r]

Are they networked? I know that if they're networked you can grab files from a computer. I know this because a friend of mine has alot of computer and his mom like grabbed 200 mp3s from a computer so try looking in to networking them I'm not really sure how to do it because they were using a mac os

[Strike]

the split utility should do ...

man split for more info

[marvin]

Ignore this post unless there is a lot of data you are going to copy... Using floppy discs to move data gets boring really fast ;)


If your computers aren't networked it might be easier to just temporarily move the harddrive from the windows box to the linux box, mount the win partition (read-only to avoid deleting data by misstake) and copy the data.
If you are only going to copy a few Megs of data it is easier to use floppies though.

Post again if you decide to move the HD and need help. Info on mounting a win drive can be found in the manpage for mount, but manpages might be somewhat hard to follow when one just have switched to Linux. You could also check the NHFs (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf). There is probably some info on how to mount a windrive.