> Not really specific to gentoo, except that I want to do this with a Gentoo > PC: Is it possible to attach my Gentoo PC 'G' to another PC 'W' (running > Windows) via USB, so that G appears to be a removable media to W? I think > you need special USB cables with some electronics in the middlle for that, > and I saw such a solution for Windows. Does anybody know if this is possible > with Linux?
Did you consider something like an ethernet cable and using samba? I haven't used my Linux drive specifically in another Windows machine, but samba works fine for using our network scanner (and I can browse the relevant filesystems setup in Samba). ~daid
