Way to mount FireWire external HDs so I can access remotely?

This is either not possible, or I am totally looking in the wrong place. I have three FireWire external HDs that are chained, then plugged into an iMac G4 running 10.4.11, then mounted to the desktop. File sharing is on, along with Remote Access, Remote Login, etc. in the Control Panel.
I am trying to login remotely (through ftp, afp) using a MacBook Pro running 10.5 to view/copy files from the HDs, but all I am able to login to is the Home Folder of the username/password I put in - the HDs don't show up. I've tried various things, such as Virtual Folders, trying to input the path to the HDs in the address string - all to no avail.
Is there a way to mount FireWire drives so that a remote user can access them?

If you're external HDs are mounted as a local volume, that should up under Devices in the Finder window. Does it? If so, then in Preferences->Sharing->File Sharing, you should be able to add that volume as a Shared Folder. Is that what is giving you trouble? (I don't have an external HD, so can't test it).
Once you've shared that out, you should be able to connect to it via afp://, nfs://, or smb://...

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Im wanting to buy an external hard drive for my comp. I purchased a Western Digital USB hard drive in February, but am very dissapointed at how extremely slow it is copying to/from it, and running videos off of it is impossible.
So Ive heard Firewire HDs are considerably faster, and am looking to buy one. I was wondering what I should look for when browsing for one. My USB HD says its 7200 RPMs, and all the Firewire HDs Ive found are also 7200 RPMs-does that mean they will be as slow as the USB one?
Thanks for any help or insight anyone can provide
Mike

The reason your EX HD is slow is because your machine is not equipped with USB 2.0, it is equipped with USB 1.1, the earlier version of USB. For a time, this was an adequate way to transfer data when people didn't know any better. The advent of firewire on the Macintosh platform made data transfer so much faster. With USB 2.0 the transfer rate is slightly faster. In comparison it is 480 mbps to 400 mbps.
You could sell your USB EX HD and use that money to subsidize the purchase of an EX firewire drive. And yes, you will notice a considerable difference in transfer. I cannot speak for trying to run videos off of it, I've read that this is not the intended function for it, but I could be wrong.
USB 2.0 shipped originally with this model, http://www.apple.com/emac/specs.html
This is the one you and I own,
http://download.info.apple.com/AppleSupport_Area/Manuals/specs/emac/L27504AEN.pdf
I recently purchased a slim little EX HD firewire type called Acomdata Ondago. It runs at 5200 RPM's I don't really know how that could decrease it's performance. I also bought an EX firewire enclosure and inserted a standard ATA 300 gig HD running at 7200 RPM's for the total cost of $150.00.
Hope this helps and sorry for the confusion,
me

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1) Mac Pro *****UXYL model MacPro3,1 (early 2008)
2) Mac Pro *****00PX model MacPro1,1 ROM de démarrage : MP11.005D.B00
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<post edited by host>

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25517
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I am retiring a G4 that is no longer starting up and has a busted optical drive. I'll be working primarily on my new MacBook.
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How can I mount an external Firewire Harddisk from the Darwin Console, once I have booted into single user mode?
I'm trying to make a backup of all my files and then re-install my iMac G5 since it doesn't start the GUI anymore and I haven't gotten any responses to my question here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1104762&tstart=0
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Mounting of external usb or firewire harddisk does not work anymore

Hello,
since two days I have the problem, that my xserve doesn't mount an external usb or firewire harddisk.
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On my macbook the harddisks work.
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