I would like to know the procedure for using a crossover cable to transfer data (only about 350MB) from my old computer to my new computer. Both will have NIC cards. The old system is running 98se . .

Update: This How-To was written for April Fools’ Day. It is not advised you attempt to make or even use this cable. The comments have made it very clear how dangerous to you and others using this ...

Physically, the connection is the same. You'll likely want to run Samba (see the Samba homepage) on the Linux machine. Samba is included with just about every distro out there, and many have easy to ...