[Novalug] Booting (several PCs) from USB drive

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Tue Jan 8 12:58:27 EST 2008


That's a fantastic observation!  I totally forgot the whole "hardware"
issue.  :)

Ken


On 1/8/08, rarob@comcast.net <rarob@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Jay,
> I don't think so.  My recollection on USB is that you can only have one
> controller on a USB hookup, that being the computer.  Firewire on the
> otherhand is more of a peer-to-peer setup.  I've heard (within Mac circles
> at least) of sharing scanners and harddrives between multiple systems.
> I'd be hesitant to use writable drives like this though, as I don't
> believe
> there are any features to prevent data races (each of 3 PC's writing
> to the boot logs for instance).   Might be easier to get a pen-drive
> computer
> with an ethernet port and set it up as a server, let the other computers
> net
> boot from it.
> Just my $0.02....
>
> Rob
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Jay Hart" <jhart@kevla.org>
> > Ok, again going with a clustered solution.
> >
> > I want to know if I mount a USB based flash drive, or a drive with a USB
> > interface, if I could connect the drive into a USB hub, with each PC
> having it
> > set to boot from USB, and then having a UBS cable connected to the hub,
> would
> > this work?
> >
> > The layout would look like:
> >
> > USB drive -----> Hub ------->>> PC 1
> >                    \-------->>> PC 2
> >
> > What I'm looking for is a way to boot 2 or 3 PCs, from the same drive.
> >
> > Comments???
> >
> > Jay
> >
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