Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PC as USB client

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org> wrote:
> Stroller writes:
>
>> On 7 Oct 2009, at 18:38, Alex Schuster wrote:
>> > Rohit writes:
>> >> I have seen a cable and a box (USB powered only) which used to make
>> >> drives of one machine available to the other.
>> >> It was available from scan.co.uk - 2 years back.
>> >
>> > I didn't find it there, but now that I looked for such a thing I
>> > think I found a similar one. Thanks! Linux is not being mentioned, but
>> > at least it says there are no drivers needed. I wonder how it would be
>> > possible that two system use the system at the same time.
>> > As the cable is cheap, I think I'll just get one and try it.
>>
>> Do you have a link for this, please?
>
> Only in German:
> http://www.pearl.de/a-PE187-1414.shtml?query=USB data link
>
> It says there is no driver or software installation necessary. When
> connected, a data transfer program will open automatically. Does this mean
> there is some program that is executed automatically when connecting, or is
> this just the usual Windows feature that opens a new drive and shows its
> contents?
>
>> I'm very unclear how this could be achieved without drivers.
>
> Me too, after some thinking I believe this will not be what I need. How
> would the cable know the location where to store data it receives from the
> other client?

AFAIK it is impossible to have something like this driver-free. Maybe
it uses already-included drivers, maybe it uses windows autorun to
install drivers/rootkit automatically. :)