>> Kathi3/23/04 9:25 AM >> I use my CD burner for both of my G3's (9.2.2) by simply putting the hard >> drive you need to copy from on the desktop of the machine that has the >> burner, and burn away. Just make sure file sharing is turned on and use the >> chooser to put the HD on the desktop. One thing to note...you will probably >> need to burn at a slower speed over a network. >>> >>> I have a B&W G3 OS 9.2.2 and Starmax 5500 OS 8.6 connected via a D Link hub >>> to a cable modem. I also have the computers setup to share the HD on the >>> other machine. Is there any way to get the computers to share the other >>> machine's CD drive? >> > I just checked it out on my two G3's. First put a CD into the drive on let's > say "A" machine. On the "B" machine throw away the "A" machine HD. Go into > the chooser and choose the "A" machine again. You will be offered the choice > of two drives to load, the HD and the CD. Check them both and click OK. You > are now sharing the CD drive. > > One more tip a lot of people never discover. You can access everything on > the other machine's desktop by opening up the "desktop folder." When opening > up the window, you may find that the folders are scrambled. Just go to > "View" and go down to "Clean up." Lots easier and faster to find things this > way.
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