Anyone have suggestions on what might be the fastest way to copy a disk
image from an MS Windows 2000 server to a GNU/Linux client's hard drive?

I'm thinking of installing cygwin and openssh on a MS Windows 2000
server and using ssh on the Linux system to cat a disk image file,
piping it to dd which copies it to the proper hard drive.

I'm also interested in using a native MS Windows 2000 server and
corresponding Linux client (such as an SMB server and Samba client). 

NFS can be quite slow; is SMB any faster?  I suspect I should
stay away from using network filesystems due to slower speeds.

An open source software solution is preferred.  Proprietary solutions
would also be considered, especially for a significant speed gain. 

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs <kfuchs at winternet.com>

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