Ken Fuchs wrote: I`d suggest instaling some windows FTP server like WARftp, i`m not very knowledgable in windows world, IIS might do :)) scp is also OK, but places a strain on encrypting/decrypting. I also do not think that SMB or NFS would amount to any slowdown, honestly I`d like to know why you think so. in the en ftp is probably the most open and standard way. >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> > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list