On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Alex Schuster <wo...@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. :)
