It is possible for a Macintosh folder on a Power Macintosh 6100 DOS Compatible computer to be used as a shared MS-DOS volume and be seen as a shared DOS Drive on another Power Macintosh 6100 DOS Compatible computer.

Follow the steps below to mount a shared DOS volume.

Step 1

Create a folder on the desktop of the source Power Macintosh 6100 DOS Compatible computer, and map the folder to a drive letter using the Sharing option in the PC Setup control panel.

Step 2

Share the folder created in Step 1 using Macintosh personal file sharing, on the network. Also be sure your Users & Groups control panel has either the shared user, or everyone setup so the destination Macintosh can access the folder.

Step 3

Mount the shared folder on the destination Power Macintosh 6100 DOS Compatible.

Step 4

Map this shared folder, from Step 3, to a drive letter with the Sharing option of PC Setup control panel.

Step 5

The same folder is now seen as a mounted drive in the respective DOS environments.

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