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. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
