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Make a PC Look Like a Firewire or USB Drive?
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."
Have you looked into doing a Samba share. You can use it on a mac..
Some people might scare you with security issues, but that only applies to earlier versions. If you get the latests build, you will be safe.
You press and hold the T key during boot.
No you can't do it with x86 bios.
No you can't do it with the cheap hardware.
Target disk mode as i understand it loads up the kernel and just enough hardware/software to operate the drives, as an external drive enclosure.
The only reason Apple can giveyou cool features like that is because they have a tight control of their systems.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.