Add firewire drive to network

Hi,
I've got two emacs connected together via an ethernet router. File sharing is on. I both emacs can see each others sharing folder on the desktop and iTunes music sharing also shows up in both emacs.
I've just added a la cie firewire drive and I am trying to get one of the partitions which is on my desktop to be available to the other emac. But I can't work out how to do this. I've changed the permissions to owner/system and everyone has read/write but that didn't help.
Any help appreciated

Hi,
Okay, the best way to do this is to first go to the Finder. Then, Connect to Server from the Go menu. When the Connect to Server window appears, click browse and double-click on the other eMac's name. Now, you can log into the other eMac just as you would if you were physically on it. After you type in your name and password, click connect and select the volumes you wish to mount. (In your case, you would choose a partition of the firewire drive) You should now be able to access everything on your firewire drive through your local network.
-Jason

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