On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 07:11, Patrick O'Callaghan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 20:46 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > > On 2020-07-23 19:24, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > Is there some reason you don't want to use nfs? That's the easiest > > > typical way to share the drive. Or as someone else mentioned, > > > depending on how you want to use it, sshfs could be even easier. > > . > > /I do use the NFS for putting data where I can transfer it between > > computers at times. I probably should not have asked this question here, > > I just didn't give it enough thought. Just thought there should be a > > better way than using adapters that are mainly intend for connecting > > portable computers to ethernet. I have no problem using it as it is, > > just annoyed that it is not on both computers .../ > > As Samuel said, to be accessible from more than one place without > switching plugs it either has to be a server (e.g. a NAS) or plugged > into a server (your PC). > If the two PC's are close together there are USB switches, but I assume you would need to manually umount the USB drive before switching: >From an Amazon blurb: "This USB Switch 4 Port device allows up to 2 users to share 4 USB 3.0 peripheral devices, such as printer, scanner,mouse,keyboard or usb dicsk [sic] etc without the need to constantly swap cables or set up complicated network sharing software. It's a great [sic] for use at home if you have multiple PCs or Macs." -- George N. White III
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