One ext. FW drive, connecting macs on network

I have an external FW (LaCie Big Disk 600GB) drive connected to my Intel mini. I also have a G4 mini, and via my airport network, can connect to my FW drive.
My question is, if I'm on my Intel mini, reading a file from the FW drive (wired to my Intel mini), and if the G4 mini wants to get a file (on the network) from the FW drive at the same time, would this cause a problem?
I would think that since I'm connecting to the FW drive through the network, the drive would know how to handle such as request.
Any info will be apreciated.
Bryan

It won't create a problem.
This is done all the time with servers.
The main computer is directly connected to the drive.
The networked computer is accessing the drive by requesting the information from the first computer.
So, the first computer is always in control of the drive. It receives the requests, and then passes the requested information to the networked computer.
So, no conflict is happening. There is only one computer in actual control of the drive.

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