* USB storage emulation
@ 2006-05-09 16:23 Aaron Cohen
2006-05-09 22:30 ` Greg KH
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From: Aaron Cohen @ 2006-05-09 16:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Is there any way currently to connect two computers via usb cable and
have one of them pretend to be a usb storage device for the other?
Thanks,
Aaron
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* Re: USB storage emulation
2006-05-09 16:23 USB storage emulation Aaron Cohen
@ 2006-05-09 22:30 ` Greg KH
2006-05-10 7:25 ` Jan Engelhardt
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From: Greg KH @ 2006-05-09 22:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aaron Cohen; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:23:41PM -0400, Aaron Cohen wrote:
> Is there any way currently to connect two computers via usb cable and
> have one of them pretend to be a usb storage device for the other?
Without special hardware, no.
With special hardware, yes.
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* Re: USB storage emulation
2006-05-09 22:30 ` Greg KH
@ 2006-05-10 7:25 ` Jan Engelhardt
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From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2006-05-10 7:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg KH; +Cc: Aaron Cohen, linux-kernel
>> Is there any way currently to connect two computers via usb cable and
>> have one of them pretend to be a usb storage device for the other?
>
>Without special hardware, no.
>With special hardware, yes.
Storage devices usually have a fixed disk size, but when you want to
export "/" through a storage device, this becomes a bit problematic,
since one can resize the partition online, mount subtrees, etc. etc. Better
try Ethernet-over-USB and some sort of networked filesystem.
Jan Engelhardt
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