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Embedded Linux as Attached USB Storage Device?

Posted by Cliff on from the penguins-as-consumer-devices dept.

dont_drink_the_water asks: "I am currently working on a few projects which will (hopefully) use Embedded Linux to deliver content (mp3 players, web servers, other possibilities). The question is, can Linux act as a USB attached hard drive, so that other machines can simply read/write data on the hard drive by using the USB port? Is anyone currently working on projects like this, and has any software been developed for this purpose?"

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  1. Linux act as a USB Hard Drive by Bodero · · Score: 2, Funny
    The question is, can Linux act as a USB attached hard drive

    Oh yeah. In fact, you won't believe it, but I've actually got Linux acting as a power supply right now. I couldn't get Linux to act as a SoundBlaster Audigy, however, but I'm still working on it.

    -Bodero

  2. Hey man you're right on track by redhotchil · · Score: 1, Funny

    I couldn't imagine a better idea than to run linux on my devices on a computer running linux. Infact, I have linux running on my sound processing unit which talks to my sound card, which also runs linux, which talks to my computer, which also runs linux. Infact, I dont have a single device that ISN'T based on some form of linux. Wow, the world is such a better place now that I run a seperate OS on everything.