Old PPC mac turns into an ethernet storage device.

2011-11-27 Thread Jeffrey Engle
Is there a way to use an old G5 power mac as an ethernet disk? just like you would use an ethernet attached hard drive? no monitor, keyboard or mouse.. I know I have to have an OS on it, but other than that, nothing it needs to be seen on the LAN as a ethernet disk??? Jeffrey

Re: Old PPC mac turns into an ethernet storage device.

2011-11-27 Thread Brielle Bruns
On 11/27/11 10:19 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Is there a way to use an old G5 power mac as an ethernet disk? just like you would use an ethernet attached hard drive? no monitor, keyboard or mouse.. I know I have to have an OS on it, but other than that, nothing it needs to be seen on the

Re: Old PPC mac turns into an ethernet storage device.

2011-11-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 27, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Is there a way to use an old G5 power mac as an ethernet disk? just like you would use an ethernet attached hard drive? no monitor, keyboard or mouse.. I know I have to have an OS on it, but other than that, nothing it needs to be

Re: Old PPC mac turns into an ethernet storage device.

2011-11-27 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 27, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Is there a way to use an old G5 power mac as an ethernet disk? just like you would use an ethernet attached hard drive? no monitor, keyboard or mouse.. I know I have to have an OS on it, but other than that, nothing it needs to be

Re: Old PPC mac turns into an ethernet storage device.

2011-11-27 Thread David W. Morris
Using a G5 PowerMac to provide access to just one external network drive is a huge waste of electricity. Get an external FireWire, or USB hard drive. On Nov 27, 2011, at 10:00 AM, JohnCarmonne wrote: On Nov 27, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: Is there a way to use an old G5

Re: Old PPC mac turns into an ethernet storage device.

2011-11-27 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 27, 2011, at 1:55 PM, David W. Morris wrote: Using a G5 PowerMac to provide access to just one external network drive is a huge waste of electricity. Get an external FireWire, or USB hard drive. Agreed. A G5 would need server software, a RAID, plus some fairly heavy usage to