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How can I Share my FireWire HD
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I want to share my FireWire HD over my network by having it mounted on my iMac. I used to be able to do this with my USB drive, but my FW drive doesn't show up when my iBook goes to connect to my iMac. Can anyone help me? (and yes, I did search the forums for an answer already)
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iMac G4 800Mhz 256 MB, 12" iBook G4 1.0 Ghz 768 MB, 12" PowerBook G4, 1.5 Ghz, 1.25 GB RAM
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Should just show up as a volume when you use the connect to server/Network ->network volume connect methods.
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erm... that is my problem, it doesn't! :-(
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Which OS are you using, and how is the drive formatted?
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i am using Mac OS 10.3.9, and the drive is in MS-DOS
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Do you have an HFS+ drive you can borrow to test? I have a Firewire drive that I can access in exactly the way you want to, and it is formatted as HFS+.
It shouldn't make a difference, but that is the only clue I see so far.
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Originally Posted by irockdabari
I want to share my FireWire HD over my network by having it mounted on my iMac. I used to be able to do this with my USB drive, but my FW drive doesn't show up when my iBook goes to connect to my iMac. Can anyone help me? (and yes, I did search the forums for an answer already)
External drive aren't shared by default. Personal file sharing only shares your home directory. To share the external drive, use Sharepoints.
Chris
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Originally Posted by chabig
External drive aren't shared by default. Personal file sharing only shares your home directory. To share the external drive, use Sharepoints.
Chris
I disagree - when I connect to another Mac on my home network, I see all internal and external drives; including Firewire ones and CD/DVDs.
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Originally Posted by Krypton
I disagree - when I connect to another Mac on my home network, I see all internal and external drives; including Firewire ones and CD/DVDs.
So do I. Except something is keeping the Finder from copying files without a "you don't have sufficient permissions". Viewing Get Info reveals that I do.
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