Re: How can I share a HD with two //GSes?

[JJeffries@psu.edu (Jason Jeffries)]

In article <DB0z9y.Hyn@actrix.gen.nz>
dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:

> In article <3t281b$bvk@hearst.cac.psu.edu>,
> Jason Jeffries <JJeffries@psu.edu> wrote:
> > I may be getting another GS. I've got a RamFAST card with a 130 meg
> > drive in the GS I have now, and would like to be able to share it with
> > the other GS.
> > 
> > I know I could do something of the sort with a Mac acting as a sever,
> > but I don't want this--I couldn't boot from it without Apple's
> > expensive server software anyway.
> 
> You wouldn't want to, either.  Data is transferred over LocalTalk at a
> similar speed to a floppy drive.  Booting over the network is a rather
> slow operation, especially if the network is being used for anything
> else.

I know--I have a Powerbook 100, and use LocalTalk when I need to
transfer big files from the net (I have a PPP connection) to my GS.
It's pretty terrrible, I agree.

> > I want "real" networking--just the GSes.

How about something exotic like a Corvus Omninet (do I remember this
correctly?) system between the GSes. Provided I can find one, will it
work with the GSes? And are the Corvus drives themselves something that
I can upgrade--SCSI or IDE--or will I have to live with the shared 20-
or 40-meg partition that was the norm when the things were made?


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