On 3/7/03 9:06, in article
rpg14-B25F72.09065203072003[at]pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk, "Richard P. Grant"
<rpg14[at]yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:

> In what way 'ruin'? I want to copy some big files over; I'm not
> planning on doing simultaneous read/write.

Ethernet it. It will probably be faster.....

In article <BB2A395C.3FCE4%clive[at]sweet-apple.co.uk>, Clive Sweeting
<clive[at]sweet-apple.co.uk> wrote:

> On 3/7/03 9:06, in article
> rpg14-B25F72.09065203072003[at]pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk, "Richard P. Grant"
> <rpg14[at]yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In what way 'ruin'? I want to copy some big files over; I'm not
> > planning on doing simultaneous read/write.
>
> Ethernet it. It will probably be faster.....
>

i don't think it'd be faster, but a whole lot safer, yes

if it is an external FW and it is only a matter of copying files over I
don't see why not attach it to mac A, copy, unmount, attach to mac B,
copy, rather than attach both and pray that the directory of the drive
won't get garbled or sumfin

In article <BB2A395C.3FCE4%clive[at]sweet-apple.co.uk>, Clive Sweeting
<clive[at]sweet-apple.co.uk> wrote:

> On 3/7/03 9:06, in article
> rpg14-B25F72.09065203072003[at]pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk, "Richard P. Grant"
> <rpg14[at]yahoo.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In what way 'ruin'? I want to copy some big files over; I'm not
> > planning on doing simultaneous read/write.
>
> Ethernet it. It will probably be faster.....
>

i don't think it'd be faster, but a whole lot safer, yes

if it is an external FW and it is only a matter of copying files over I
don't see why not attach it to mac A, copy, unmount, attach to mac B,
copy, rather than attach both and pray that the directory of the drive
won't get garbled or sumfin

On 4/7/03 21:01, in article
040720032101415829%flavio.matanitakethisout[at]mac.com, "Flavio Matani"
<flavio.matanitakethisout[at]mac.com> wrote:

>> Ethernet it. It will probably be faster.....
> i don't think it'd be faster, but a whole lot safer, yes

I get 2-300Mb/min+ over ethernet. By the time you've copied to FW,
disconected, reconnected, copied across I reckon ethernet will be
quicker....

So whats the XFace.. a hedgehog?

Woody <usenet[at]alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> So whats the XFace.. a hedgehog?

It's a Boohbah.

In article <040720032107105577%flavio.matanitakethisout[at]mac.com>,
Flavio Matani <flavio.matanitakethisout[at]mac.com> wrote:

> if it is an external FW and it is only a matter of copying files over I
> don't see why not attach it to mac A, copy, unmount, attach to mac B,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> copy, rather than attach both and pray that the directory of the drive
> won't get garbled or sumfin

That's what I was doing. I wanted to see if it was possible to cut out
the middle man as it were.

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Flavio Matani <flavio.matanitakethisout[at]mac.com> wrote:

[snipped]

Love the x-face :)

-z-

(erk, thread merge)

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In article <BB2CD9B1.7260%mike.2871DELETE_ME[at]btinternet.com>,
Mike <mike.2871DELETE_ME[at]btinternet.com> wrote:

> As many others point out, put one Mac in Firewire Target mode, and connect
> them together, then you've cut out the middle man.

You still have to shut one Mac down, start it up, and restart it when
you've finished.

Sod that.

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