[MacDV] OT Link Mac and PC

[Mark M. Florida]

I would *NOT* recommend connecting your Mac to the PC via FireWire.  
Even if the hardware would allow a connection to be made, your PC 
wouldn't know what to do with a drive formatted in HFS+ (unless you had 
software installed on your PC that allows access to Mac disks).

I *WOULD* recommend getting an ethernet crossover cable (or two cables 
and an ethernet hub or switch) and just turning on Windows File Sharing 
on your Mac -- then just connect from your Windows computer to your 
Mac.  You could probably turn on File Sharing on your PC and connect 
via your Mac too.  That should be the easiest way to connect the two.

- Mark

On Mar 22, 2004, at 12:40 PM, Eric Phillips wrote:

> I am trying to find the easiest way without buying much to get my 
> wife's
> PC laptop and my G4 desktop networked. My G4 does not have a DVD drive
> and I want to install GarageBand. My wife's laptop has a DVD drive. I
> was wondering if I put my G4 into firewire mode can I connect it to the
> PC like I would another Mac? Then I could just dump the files onto my
> Mac make a disk image and install. If someone knows an easier way using
> ethernet I would be willing to try. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric