Re: [usbip-devel] Turn a USB CD into a pen drive? (mass storage) how?

[Matthias B. <ma...@ma...>]

On 10/29/2012 05:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> But how can USB-IP help if what I want to do is plug a USB optical
> device (CD/DVD reader with ISO9660 or UDF filesystem) and make the
> contents accesible as a USB "pen drive" (usb mass storage) device?.

Don't know, probably usbip is not what you need.

> So what I´d like to know is if there´s a USBIP feature where a PC with
> a USB controller which can be put into client mode, can fake being a

"Client mode", that would require a USB OTG port, right?
Not sure, if regular PC USB ports can be put
into something like a "client mode".

> "USB MASS STORAGE" device and make files from its filesystem appear as
> contents on a usb mass storage device...
> 
> Think that´d be possible, if not possible already?.

Haven't done it yet, should be easily possible though.
Just mount the DVD drive on the regular USB port
and share the mounted directory via the USB OTG port.

As device you could use e.g. the Miniand Xplus
 https://www.miniand.com/products/Mini%C2%A0Xplus%20TV%20Box%20H24

Cheers, Matthias