Setting up an XP machine as an external HDD over Ethernet?

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  1. maximumbarkly, May 25, 2006

    maximumbarkly macrumors member

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    As stated in the title, is there any way I could do this? Maybe in multiple steps... like making it an exclusive FTP server then tricking the machine into thinking it is a drive.
     
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  2. Rspaight, May 26, 2006

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    You can share the entire drive (at least in XP Pro -- enable sharing in the Sharing tab of the Properties menu for the root directory of the drive), and then attach to it as a network drive in OS X. I do this to back up my iTunes library.
     
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  3. balamw, May 26, 2006

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    Unless you actually mean something else... Any time you mount a network share it looks like a drive to OS X, so you don't even have to share your entire drive to make an XP box look like and external ethernet HDD. FWIW XP Pro actually creates a default hidden "administrative" share for each HDD in your machine \\machine\c$, and you can access that with an administrator's username/password.

    If that's all you need your XP box to do I'd suggest you look into something a bit more lightweight and/or Mac friendly, i.e. use a Linux distro and NFS or even Darwin instead of XP.

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  4. maximumbarkly, May 26, 2006

    maximumbarkly thread starter macrumors member

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    I cannot find the simple file sharing... and I'm directly connecting the XP machine to the back of my iMac via ethernet, no router. I don't want that machine to access the internet.

    If only if only i could hold down "T."
     
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