[olug] linux / freebsd as firewire disk?

[Carl Lundstedt]

I'm not saying anything except that it didn't answer Matt's question.

Carl
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:51 -0500, Hurley Rod wrote:
> Ok, so you are saying you can't run a crossover cable using Ethernet.
> Never tried to connect 2 computers with USB, always had some sort of
> serial or Ethernet available.  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Carl Lundstedt
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:48 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] linux / freebsd as firewire disk?
> 
> After reading your response my question would then be, how do I share a
> drive via firewire (or USB) rather than via ethernet?
> 
> Carl
> On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:33 -0500, Hurley Rod wrote:
> > Isn't that what drive sharing accomplishes?  Share out the drive(s)
> and
> > the pc B doesn't care what's on pc A, just that it can see the shares.
> > Depends on what you are trying to accomplish.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > Matt Anderson
> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 2:29 PM
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > Subject: [olug] linux / freebsd as firewire disk?
> > 
> > Is there any project / method to make a computer running linux or a  
> > freebsd behave as if it were a firewire (or usb) disk?  Meaning that  
> > you could run a firewire cable to another computer and that other  
> > computer would believe that the linux/freebsd host was in fact a  
> > firewire drive and not a computer.
> > 
> > This would be analogous to the way that a Mac can be put into 'target
> 
> > disk mode' and pretend to be a firewire disk, but ideally with the  
> > operating system (linux/freebsd) actually running.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > --
> >   Matt Anderson
> > 
> > 
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