From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MveXt-0005kk-Ig for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:59:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E49E2E0922; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:59:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f189.google.com (mail-yx0-f189.google.com [209.85.210.189]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC25E0922 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:59:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe27 with SMTP id 27so4044874yxe.10 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:59:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=Yl7qtJ5FxL+WTDpHfBR1SG5mtzoqgtNP7pfVJ8mN/dc=; b=p6ky8XeMt+Wn6nvURS2QXGwFjTD+p6h35c+jd6cKnHaul0qMmV32jbtIWIL2JyIbmj vkMemxhS8JByIckIUu9RDQw2BBIXYO/spTXtxS97VULm2zNVt5i2+yBLGLvP6/vo59m5 dYacLkImFK4FeYnC+Fqf32/eIWotFHtuOiTIo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=hxVceSCo3iYNPyjxACNHEqICo2YpVKJgB4El1I0CkK8a1wPckCK+Dc1N6X43kTHrZd bXnAxz46yOf23wjkjwQ5zXXPzk+lbkM6MB2GunXOt8fcHphYVM3EtJYkwrt0yyXpLzi6 GTjSPhABmsTYKtxlCcxCZs/v8u9IgoCnclSDU= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.236.17 with SMTP id j17mr906177ybh.229.1254952778538; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:59:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910072308.08379.wonko@wonkology.org> References: <200910061222.56519.wonko@wonkology.org> <200910071938.28001.wonko@wonkology.org> <726C7F33-F238-41A5-906D-8DD98E3D6313@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <200910072308.08379.wonko@wonkology.org> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:59:38 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c40745bd3805ad3c Message-ID: <58965d8a0910071459q39c3d718ife659d26cb09a821@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PC as USB client From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: ae1465b3-ca43-436a-a892-88aba4dabc35 X-Archives-Hash: 4e224c5fb40887e566a23f73b4f4a51a On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Alex Schuster 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. :)