EMac File Sharing with Ethernet Cable

Hello All!
I was wondering how I could file share, or make the whole Hard Drive (HDD) accessible to another computer. The two other computers I have are a Toshiba Laptop with Ethernet and USB, and a iMac Intel with Firewire, USB, and Ethernet. Putting these to use along with:
Three Ethernet Cables
Two Printer Peripheral USB Cables
The Two Computers
A 2GB Flash Drive
Now how do I get the whole HDD visible to the others computers (either/both) and be able to write to it? I want to put Xubuntu on it, and earse the rest of the Hard Drive. The computers getting this are the iMac G3s and the eMac G4 in my Signature. Thank you for the help.
Message was edited by: corrytonapple

Networking 9 with X I recommend following these steps*:
http://www.macmaps.com/network9X.html
Not sure how I would network Windows into the equation.
Flash drives are great for probably your Toshiba and Intel iMac, since they likely have USB 2. The older Macs don't have USB 2 and it would take ages to transfer info on old USB 1.1.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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