usb mass media storage

[Fox Mulder]

1. This only works until reboot or manually reverting it.

2. Don't know, maybe. :)

3. /dev/mmcblk0p1 is the first partition on the sd card. So the "usb
stick" will only show this one partition and nothing more.

Ciao,
     Rainer

Dale Maggee wrote:
> Petr Vanek wrote:
>> I have spent a while googling this up and have no wiki skills but
>> someone might find this useful:
>>
>> to make FR act as a memory stick, here is what my script does:
>>
>>
>> #!/bin/sh                                                                                                                                                                   
>> /etc/init.d/networking stop
>> rmmod g_ether
>> modprobe g_file_storage file=/dev/mmcblk0p1
>>
>> --
>> Petr Vaněk
>> http://biodynamika.cz
>>   
> 
> very cool, but before I test it out (potentially breaking my usb 
> networking in the process), I have a couple of questions:
> 
> 1. will this persist over a reboot, or will it revert back to being an 
> ethernet gadget when I reboot?
> 
> 2. is the following sufficient to switch it back?
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> rmmod g_file_storage
> modprobe g_ether
> ifup usb0
> 
> (assuming I replaced '/etc/init.d/networking stop' with 'ifdown usb0' as 
> recommended by Daniel)
> 
> 3. can somebody point me to a resource for the g_file_storage module 
> where I can learn more about it? I did a couple of quick googles but 
> didn't see anything promising. specifically I'd like to know more about 
> the file parameter - I assume that in this scenario our "usb stick" is 
> using partition/device information from /dev/mmcblk0p1, and will be 
> partitioned in the same way as the SD card? what If I wanted to have my 
> home directory accessible in "usb stick" mode?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Dale
> 
> 
> 
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