2006-05-09 16:23:43

by Aaron Cohen

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: USB storage emulation

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


2006-05-09 22:32:01

by Greg KH

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: USB storage emulation

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.

2006-05-10 07:26:08

by Jan Engelhardt

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: USB storage emulation

>> 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
--