Re: [WinMac] Re: copying MacOS files
Chick Foxgrover(cfoxgrover[at]truenorth.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:31:32 -0500
We've done this it seems so many times I'm confused. We copy files, many
files, many MB through network neighborhood from NT to NT. What am I
missing?
At 10:20 AM -0500 3/25/99, Daniel L. Schwartz wrote:
> 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
>
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