Mapping External Drive?

[thodyconsulting]

Hi,

I have an external LaCie harddrive connected via firewire to my Mac Powerbook. I'm wondering if there's a way I can map it as a network drive so I can access it from my PC over the network. Anyone done something like this?

Thanks

[SickPup404]

Share it on the PC it's connected to, then just map it on the PC you want to connect from.

IE:
If you have it connected to a PC named PC123 and share it as Lacie, just map \\PC123\Lacie on whatever PC you want.

[thodyconsulting]

Unfortunately, it's not connected to a PC, it's connected to a Mac. I could connect it to the PC instead...but then I'd need to buy a firewire card for my PC. I'm sure there's a way to go the other way.

[SickPup404]

Never used a Mac before, but I would assume the mechanics are the same. Share it on the Mac and map it on the PC with \\{machine_name}\{share_name}

[sixf00t4]

are you on X? and what version of windows?

[bfcx]

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...e+with+windows

same idea, interpit it for your needs (you can use an exisiting user.)

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...h+windows+easy

little more in deepth, but good

search around that site, tons of mac tips.

hopefully 10.4 will make windows sharing easier than it is today.

FYI: to get to a windows share if you didnt know in Finder hit the Go menu -> connect and type smb://windowscomputername/sharename

[thodyconsulting]

Aha! That wasn't the solution, but I managed to find it on that machints site. Thanks!

For anyone who stumbles on this, this guy worded my question much better, and the solution is here: http://forums.macosxhints.com/showth...+mounted+drive

[thodyconsulting]

Who would have thought a 1mb donationware app could be such a freakin' lifesaver! lol