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Share a Superdrive?
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Is it possible to share a Superdrive between a Powermac (with the drive) and a Powerbook without one?
I was thinking something along the lines of the firewire disk mode.
I would like to use the Superdrive on the Powermac to burn CDs/DVDs for backup from the Powerbook.
Thoughts?
BZ
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Don't think so. The closest I can think of would be to use IP-over-Firewire, setup a network between the two drives and make a disk image of the PBs drive (or part of it) on a network share from the Powermac and then burn that image.
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Hmmm...
Maybe, I could share the home folder on the Powerbook and have Backup3 try to back that up over the network.
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Only if you put it in a Firewire case.
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In Roxio Toast Titanium 7 (don't know about previous versions), look in OPTIONS --> PREFERENCES --> SHARING. Check the box to allow sharing of the burner.
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Not exactly sure if this would be the same, but I use my PowerMac and Superdrive to backup my server drive - Samba Shares. Couldn't you "share" the Powerbook drive/folders and backup that way?
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What PowerMac do you have? A PowerMac G5 behaves like a FW hub and mounts all drives while in FW target disk mode. Earlier PowerMacs only mount the ATA 0 drive.
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It should mount in FW target disk mode. That's how I got my 10.4 DVD to install on my CD-R-only tower. Whether you can burn to it is another matter, but it's worth a shot. I'm curious.
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Originally Posted by reader50
What PowerMac do you have? A PowerMac G5 behaves like a FW hub and mounts all drives while in FW target disk mode. Earlier PowerMacs only mount the ATA 0 drive.
Actually, my g4/400 gigabit ethernet powermac (upgraded to a 1.3ghz gigadesigns) mounts all drives connected to it. I've used it's optical drive in FW target disk mode.
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But have you used it to burn files? IME, the optical drive can only read in target disc mode.
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Originally Posted by reader50
What PowerMac do you have? A PowerMac G5 behaves like a FW hub and mounts all drives while in FW target disk mode. Earlier PowerMacs only mount the ATA 0 drive.
I have latest Dual 2.3 Ghz.
So, in theory, I should be able to reboot the PowerMac in Firewire disk mode and mount the SuperDrive so the Powerbook should be able to see and write to it?
Coolio.
Now, I hope that Backup3 can handle that.
BZ
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Nope, that changed. Many Macs, including aluminum PowerBooks, PowerMac G5s, and later (and possibly others) now share all the ATA disks. But you can't burn -- the optical drive via TDM is read-only (and slow at that). I've tried!
It appears that the firmware shares the mounted disc onto the bus, not the physical drive.
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