On Oct 8, 2011, at 4:40 PM, t...@nehaia.dk wrote: > I have a lacie back up drive with 3 firewire ports on the back - 1 400 and > 2 800 > > it's connected to my old g3 tower running 9.2.2 on the 400 port, turns off > and on with it, does a back up automatically on shut down - soooo nice > > well, over the years the house got populated with some more macs all > running either 10.4 or 10.5, and at least two of them could do with more > frequent back up too - and I'm wondering if I could just hook those two up > to the drive as well? > > the manual for the drive mentions daisy-chaining and explains that I can > attach "a device" to both 800 ports as well - small pics shows me how to, > but the devices aren't other computers, and the manual doesn't really > suggest that it's something to be done - doesn't advice against it either > though >
Attaching 2 or more computers to one drive won't physically hurt the firewire interface but it may corrupt the drive. Each computer will mount the drive and there is nothing to keep them from writing contradictory directory information to the disk. So don't do it. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
