Re: [WinMac] Re: copying MacOS files
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:27:11 -0500
Dear Chick,
What are you missing?
The Resource Forks! :)
At 12:31 PM 3/25/99 -0500, Chick wrote:
>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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