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