Per TidBits #716 <www.tidbits.com/tb-issues/TidBITS-716.html> Panther has Firewire filesharing without going into target disk mode. . . . > After you connect the two computers with a Firewire cable, start one as > usual and start the other holding down the T key. It will start up > quickly with the Firewire emblem wandering about the screen. It's > internal hd will show up on the other as if it were an external drive. > > The steps you have tried work with Ethernet connections, not Firewire.