Make a PC Look Like a Firewire or USB Drive?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday February 24, 2005 @09:16AM from the optionally-attached-storage dept.

buckinm asks: "Here's the problem: I have a Windows laptop that I use for work. When I'm at home though, I much rather use my Mac. Since we use Cisco's VPN client at work, I can't mount the drives on the PC from the Mac. What I'd like to know, is there any software out there that would make the PC act like a Firewire or USB drive? I'd want to be able to mount it read/write. I know I could do some sort of rsync of thing when not connected to the VPN, but that seems like too much trouble. I wouldn't be against writing something like that, if I could get some idea of what is required to listen / respond to traffic on the Firewire or USB ports."

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External drives are t3h bomb. by dauthur · 2005-02-24 09:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You could always get an external HDD shell from Maxtor. They're quite useful. I used to use a thumbdrive, and then I figured "why not have an external drive?". It's inexpensive too.