[arch-general] Sharing data between Windows 7 and Archlinux
Hi all, Got hold of a cheap laptop. I want to use it as my download rig. It will be on most of the time downloading torrents. The laptop actually came with Windows XP installed. I setup the laptop ip as 192.168.1.5 and my desktop (running Windows 7) ip as 192.168.1.4. After doing that I connected both of them using a lan wire. I then enable sharing on both of them and I could transfer files directly from one computer to the other at speeds of upto 75MBps. I want to know how to do the same with archlinux or Windows 7 running on my desktop and archlinux running on the desktop. Please tell me how to do that. I want to be able to tranfer downloaded content directly from the laptop to the desktop using a lan cable. Thanks.
Just share your downloads folder using samba. You can then access it directly from windows. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com>wrote:
Hi all, Got hold of a cheap laptop. I want to use it as my download rig. It will be on most of the time downloading torrents. The laptop actually came with Windows XP installed. I setup the laptop ip as 192.168.1.5 and my desktop (running Windows 7) ip as 192.168.1.4. After doing that I connected both of them using a lan wire. I then enable sharing on both of them and I could transfer files directly from one computer to the other at speeds of upto 75MBps. I want to know how to do the same with archlinux or Windows 7 running on my desktop and archlinux running on the desktop. Please tell me how to do that. I want to be able to tranfer downloaded content directly from the laptop to the desktop using a lan cable. Thanks.
-- have a nice day -jck
What kind of Desktop Environment are you using? As far as I know GNOME offers to ability to share folders, which can be configured through a GUI. Otherwise you will have to setup Samba manually, which can be tricky sometimes and needs some read up. Best regards, Karol Babioch
On 7 March 2011 20:27, Karol Babioch <karol@babioch.de> wrote:
What kind of Desktop Environment are you using? As far as I know GNOME offers to ability to share folders, which can be configured through a GUI.
Otherwise you will have to setup Samba manually, which can be tricky sometimes and needs some read up.
With KDE, I just copy the default samba configuration file, edit the workgroup to match the windows systems, and start the samba daemon. Then I right-click on a folder, go to the sharing tab, and finally click away. If you don't want to share from Linux, just configure the sharing on Windows (go to advanced sharing settings in win7). Make sure to uncheck password-protected sharing. Then you can just access the machine from KDE/Dolphin->Network without samba (just smbclient needs to be present).
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Karol Babioch <karol@babioch.de> wrote:
What kind of Desktop Environment are you using? As far as I know GNOME offers to ability to share folders, which can be configured through a GUI.
Otherwise you will have to setup Samba manually, which can be tricky sometimes and needs some read up.
Best regards, Karol Babioch
I will be using awesomeWM
I used samba once, IIRC it was very simple. On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com>wrote:
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Karol Babioch <karol@babioch.de> wrote:
What kind of Desktop Environment are you using? As far as I know GNOME offers to ability to share folders, which can be configured through a GUI.
Otherwise you will have to setup Samba manually, which can be tricky sometimes and needs some read up.
Best regards, Karol Babioch
I will be using awesomeWM
-- have a nice day -jck
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com>wrote:
I will be using awesomeWM
FWIW, that doesn't stop you from using the gnome or kde libs for ... well, whatever. You'll likely end up with one, the other, or both on your system at some point anyhow.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com>wrote:
I will be using awesomeWM
FWIW, that doesn't stop you from using the gnome or kde libs for ... well, whatever. You'll likely end up with one, the other, or both on your system at some point anyhow.
The laptop will be running for one single purpose- to download. I just want a minimalistic UI to run transmission and some terminals. Don't want any of the bloat of gnome or kde.
You can make it completely headless, setup transmission and samba and dont install X. then control transmission from your main PC, install autotrans(firefox addon) on your main to send torrents to the remote transmission On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com>wrote:
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com wrote:
I will be using awesomeWM
FWIW, that doesn't stop you from using the gnome or kde libs for ... well, whatever. You'll likely end up with one, the other, or both on your system at some point anyhow.
The laptop will be running for one single purpose- to download. I just want a minimalistic UI to run transmission and some terminals. Don't want any of the bloat of gnome or kde.
-- have a nice day -jck
On Monday, March 07, 2011 07:08:52 AM Madhurya Kakati wrote:
Hi all, Got hold of a cheap laptop. I want to use it as my download rig. It will be on most of the time downloading torrents. The laptop actually came with Windows XP installed. I setup the laptop ip as 192.168.1.5 and my desktop (running Windows 7) ip as 192.168.1.4. After doing that I connected both of them using a lan wire. I then enable sharing on both of them and I could transfer files directly from one computer to the other at speeds of upto 75MBps. I want to know how to do the same with archlinux or Windows 7 running on my desktop and archlinux running on the desktop. Please tell me how to do that. I want to be able to tranfer downloaded content directly from the laptop to the desktop using a lan cable. Thanks.
man rsync
On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, Got hold of a cheap laptop. I want to use it as my download rig. It will be on most of the time downloading torrents. The laptop actually came with Windows XP installed. I setup the laptop ip as 192.168.1.5 and my desktop (running Windows 7) ip as 192.168.1.4. After doing that I connected both of them using a lan wire. I then enable sharing on both of them and I could transfer files directly from one computer to the other at speeds of upto 75MBps. I want to know how to do the same with archlinux or Windows 7 running on my desktop and archlinux running on the desktop. Please tell me how to do that. I want to be able to tranfer downloaded content directly from the laptop to the desktop using a lan cable. Thanks.
For my two cents, if you're not running Gnome or KDE, and want an easy(ish) way to set up samba, check out the webmin package. I have installed webmin countless times for the express purpose of setting up samba shares, and it works great. Much quicker than editing smb.conf and tweaking smbusers and smbpasswd.
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Gary Wright
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Karol Babioch
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