[G4] Target Disk Mode ?

[Dale Hoffman]

>On 19/9/2006 3:18 PM, "SLarsonIH at aol.com" <SLarsonIH at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>  I have a QS in the living room, and a MDD in the den. Can I take the MDD to
>>  the living room, connect power to it, connect the two Macs via FW cable, but
>>  not hook up monitor, keyboard or mouse, etc. and see the drives in 
>>the MDD on
>>  my
>>  Qs so I can transfer files back and forth? If so, what steps do I take? Both
>  > machines have 9.2.2 and 10.3.9 on them.

At 6:06 PM +1000 9/19/06, Tony Johansen wrote:
>Second thing is a simple ethernet cable should work. I have all my computers
>networked via ethernet through a router, I don't see why it wouldn't work
>without the router. Worth a try.

If connecting via the ethernet ports (RJ45) between two computers 
without a hub or router you need a special (though inexpensive and 
easily found) "crossover" cable.

DaleH