On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Josh Koffman wrote: > As for FTP, that was my first thought too, but I wasn't sure how well > OSX supported FTP natively. Trying to teach these folks how to use an > FTP client might not be pretty. I think you can connect to an FTP server in OS X using Go -> Connect to Server. I can't get it working right now, but that's more than likely because I deactivated FTP on my server (all SFTP, all the time for me). Once you have it connected there, it works the same as any drive. > In any case, I'm continuing my search for a SMB server. I might even > be able to flip over to Linux to use Samba if it's a live CD or USB > boot based. The most promising one I found didn't support NTFS though, > which the hard drive is currently formatted in. One weird thing with Windows XP is that you basically need to run the Network Connection Wizard to get File Sharing set up properly. You can skip the Network Setup Disc bit at the end - just use the wizard to turn on File and Printer Sharing. It'll set up a Shared Documents share called SharedDocs automagically - or at least it should... -Randy -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist