Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 10 May 2006 09:25:59 +0200 (MEST) | | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | | Subject | Re: USB storage emulation |
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>> 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.
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