sharing ext.HD btwn 2 macs
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- inky
i have a Lacie connected to 2-MACs ones OS9 the other OSX.
there connected directly to both via firewire. Which ever MAC starts up first Readand Writes it. I want them both to R&Write. I hate connecting them thru the network, to slow!!
HELP...guide me to the light, I'm stuck in the fog, AGAIN.
- inky0
HELP!
- horton0
maybe get info on the disk and check ownerships.. should be read&write from both machines.
just a guess.
- horton0
.. that is, read&write from either a specified group or just apply to "others".
- turosatano0
im not too sure but with the setup you have theres no way both macs can use the hd, only one. whichever one of the macs sees the drive first will take control of it and the other one wont see it. Get a firewire hub for what you want to do.
- ribit0
You'd be better of with a router and ethernet connections. One Mac can mount the Firewire drive through Firewire cable, and then the other can also mount the drive over Apple File Sharing (wireless or ethernet, local or remotely).