Mounting Firewire drive over Network?

So here's the deal:
I have an external hard drive (FireWire 400) which is currently connected to an iMac G4, but I am unable to mount the volume over the network and access it via WiFi on my MacBook. In other words, it does not appear in the list of mountable drives when I use the "Connect to Server" funtion of the finder. However, mounted DMG's do appear in the list - I find this to be strange.
Has anyone found a route around this? Is it even possible?
Setup (Details):
-The iMac is connected via a terrestrial network. [iMac > Hub > Modem (DHCP server, WiFi base station)]
-The MacBook is connected via an 802.11g WiFi signal. [MacBook > Modem (DHCP server, WiFi base station)]
-The hard drive is plugged into the iMac via FireWire, and is mounted on the desktop, as it always is.
-System preferences has all but "Xgrid" checked in the Sharing Pane [Both iMac and MacBook]
Thanks a bunch,
Gus
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.83Ghz Core Duo, 512MB RAM

trying checking or unchecking the "Ignore Ownership
on this volume" box when you "get info" (file menu)
on the firewire drive.
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