Re: OT question about Macbook (OS X) file systems

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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

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