Re: [Libusb-win32-devel] Virtual USB driver/Virtual USB Mass Storage ?

[Bertrik S. <be...@si...>]

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Do you really need it to behave as a USB virtual disk?

Otherwise you're basically describing the ability to mount an image
file as if it were a block device. I think under Linux this would be
done using the loopback device. I don't know of a solution for windows.

Kind regards,
Bertrik

roland wrote:
> hello !
> this (see below) was sent to a manufacturer of an "usb-to-the-network" 
> solution.
> sorry for asking, but maybe someone is aware of an existing solution for 
> "mapping an image file to a virtual USB port so it's behaving like a virtual 
> mass storage device" ?
> 
>  regards
> Roland Kletzing
> System Engineer
> 
> 
>>> Ladies and gentlemen,
>>>
>>> i`m desparately seeking for a software solution, capable of mapping a 
>>> disk-image-file as virtual USB-mass-storage-device. (in analogy to a 
>>> virtual floppy disk or virtual CD-ROM)
>>>
>>> I found several solutions (like yours), which let me use USB-devices 
>>> remote via a network,  but i miss an "emulation mode" for all of them. At 
>>> least, none of the feature-lists or manuals is telling about such 
>>> capability.
>>>
>>> why i need that ?
>>>
>>> I want to use a Image-File (stored on a Host system) inside a virtual 
>>> machine, i.e. i want to map that File to behave like an external 
>>> USB-Disk, i.e. i need a "virtual USB Disk".
>>>
>>> This wouldn`t be only helpful with test-scenarios (actually: testing a 
>>> NTFS-driver with USB storage), but als helpful for data exchange with 
>>> virtual machines. Think of a virtual USB-Stick i can map either to the 
>>> HOST or to the GUEST (i.e. a virtual machine)
>>>
>>> I have read several postings in the VMWare forum from users searching for 
>>> such solution, too.
>>>
>>> Can you help me with this ?
>>>
>>> Does your product contain such feature or is it being planned already ?
>>>
>>> If not, could you think about implementing that feature ?
>>> I assume, that would not be too much work, and such feature would make 
>>> your product very different from other USB-remote-solutions!
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Roland Kletzing
>>> System Engineer

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