[WinMac] Re: copying MacOS files

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:20:11 -0500

        Since Services for Macintosh (SFM) can only store Mac files on an NTFS
volume, you need to preserve the dual streams of NTFS. This means that you
can NOT move dual fork Mac files from one NT box directly to another *over
a LAN*

        You have 3 choices on moving these Mac files:

        1) Copying them to a Mac then back to the second server;

        2) Using a removable hard drive formatted to NTFS... Or an external hard
drive... Or a hot swap module;

        3) Using a tape backup and restore... Either NT's backup or UltraBac will
properly store both NTFS streams. I can't vouch for the other 3rd party
backup software doing this.

        Depending on the number of files as well as the total size, method 1 is
the no-brainer. But beware: As you get into the thousands of files the time
taken can stretch into an overnight run...

        Cheers!
        Dan

At 11:57 AM 3/25/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Hi all, I've got a question for someone who gets intimate with SFM...
>
>We're running two servers and I need to copy an entire volume from one
>server to the other. This volume contains mainly mac files so I'm wondering
>how to safely copy the files around...
>
>Do I have to be sitting on a Mac and open the volume and copy the files
>through AppleShare? Or can I sit at the server and copy the files from
>there? I'm wondering what happens to all the Mac resource fork information
>etc... that exists, will it get copied correctly if I do the copy from the
>server boxes?
>
>How does this stuff work anyway? Can I copy a single Mac file from one NT
>server to another and preserve the resource fork? Where does the information
>get stored and how does it get trasferred?
>
>thanks for any advice..
>
>seeya!
>
>
>Ryan Sabir <mailto:ryan@gomango.com.au>

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