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.. but unlike Linux, the Apple Firewire Target mode can't be used while Mac OSX is running on the machine. In Apples' case, its implemented in EFI - whereas wi

.. but unlike Linux, the Apple Firewire Target mode can't be used while Mac OSX is running on the machine. In Apples' case, its implemented in EFI - whereas with Linux, it will be possible to use the 'target mode' while the machine is still running.

wmf 14y ago
One complication in that scenario is that you can't mount a (normal) filesystem while exposing it over SCSI target (because then it would be mounted twice).
- sp332 14y ago
  Actually you can't mount anything from the target drive, because the whole drive is exposed over the network as a SCSI device.
  - seclorum 14y ago
    The point is I can now very easily build a Linux-based RAID stack that works with my Macs over Firewire: Kernel-Firewire-Target:0:1->/home/disks/image00.dd & image01.dd &image02.dd &etc. Build a big Linux box with much SSD and other slower disks, wire up a light Mac farm to it with Firewire, point each node to a relevant loop file on some path, and managed storage networks are a cinch.
    - wmf 14y ago
      That would have been awesome years ago; now I'd just use gigabit iSCSI. Thunderbolt target mode OTOH...