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From: mhw@fithp.uucp (Marc Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: disk image transfer between two PCs
Message-ID: <1991Feb24.004755.919@fithp.uucp>
Date: 24 Feb 91 00:47:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Weinstein Consulting
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I bought a 3B1 recently, and I'm at the point where I need to transfer
the contents of my old PC's disk to the new PC's disk.  Using floppies
for the transfer is SO slow, I'd really like to avoid it.

I'm considering setting up a RS-232 link between the two, and creating
compressed cpio files (ala ccpio) on the first PC, sending them over
to the other, and unpacking them on the second PC while the first creates
the next file in the series.

However, the ideal would be to do this without a transfer of files, but
simply a stream of data, cpio'd and piped into the tty from the first
PC and read and cpio'd from the tty on the second PC.

Can anyone tell me the best way to do this?  Will it work if I simply
redirect output to/from the tty?  Could I even use the parallel ports
for faster transfer?

-- 
Marc Weinstein
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