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From: daid kahl <daidxor@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PC as USB client
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:58:53
Message-Id: 3ac129340910081858j4ad0a3adn8f3f46443936760b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] OT: PC as USB client by Alex Schuster
1 > Not really specific to gentoo, except that I want to do this with a Gentoo
2 > PC: Is it possible to attach my Gentoo PC 'G' to another PC 'W' (running
3 > Windows) via USB, so that G appears to be a removable media to W? I think
4 > you need special USB cables with some electronics in the middlle for that,
5 > and I saw such a solution for Windows. Does anybody know if this is possible
6 > with Linux?
7
8 Did you consider something like an ethernet cable and using samba? I
9 haven't used my Linux drive specifically in another Windows machine,
10 but samba works fine for using our network scanner (and I can browse
11 the relevant filesystems setup in Samba).
12
13 ~daid

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PC as USB client Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>