Maybe I don't know enough to recognize the problem, but I use one
drive for multiple G4 computers running Mac OS 9.2.2 all the time.
One G4 computer is used as a Server to which the drive is physically
connected by firewire or USB.
Then several G4 computers and multiple LaserWriter 16/600 printers are
connected through Ethernet to the Server.
The Server's File Sharing is turned on so all the other computers can
communicate with the server and they use TCP/IP to communicate. All
the computers can select whichever printer they want to use too.
Thus not only can the Server access and use the drive on the server
but the other computers can access and use that drive at the same
time, they just can't access the same document at the same time but
CAN access the same file folder at the same time so long as each opens
different documents in the folder.
Each computer has its own applications folder, but by keeping data
files on the drive attached to the server whether they are generated
by the server or one of the remote G4 computers, only that drive needs
to be backed up to assure all the data from all the computers are
backed up at the same time.
You can even have the server's internal drive partitioned, which makes
each partition function like a totally distinct drive. Thus one
partition can be the one containing the server's system folder and the
other partition can be used as a data drive. Then set the server to
allow access to that partition being used as a data drive and all the
other computers can access it to read and write documents to it.
I seem to recall even using my MacBook Pro running OS 10.5.8 on the
network to share the drive too.
Mike Bauchan
On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:59 AM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote:
Den Søndag, 9/10 2011, 01:55, Clark Martin skrev:
Attaching 2 or more computers to one drive won't physically hurt the
firewire interface but it may corrupt the drive. Each computer
will mount
the drive and there is nothing to keep them from writing
contradictory
directory information to the disk. So don't do it.
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
too bad, sounded like such an exellent idea :-(
well, what other ways to use the same back up drive for two puters
exists
then?
tia
/tina
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