[Q] Using desktop/Laptop as a USB drive for Update

[@prime]

This is kind of a question and also kind of a suggestion.

I have seen a lot of info in the forums about using USB Host cables to update xooms, but I have heard no mention of using your PC as a USB drive for the update. I am sure there is probably a good reason for this, but I thought I would ask anyways and see what the response was.

Is it possible to mount your PC hard disk, or possibly a USB drive that is plugged into another port, on the xoom and place the update file there? I tried Googling some info on doing this but was not sure what I should be looking for.

 

[rhca50]

You could put a mac in "drive" mode and do this... in fact, I'm going to try it now... thanks for the idea!

* edit: since my mac drive is hfs, I'm betting it won't be readable by the xoom.... do I care enough to repartition a small section to make it FAT32? nah.

 

[Bauxite]

No this won't work for a variety of reasons. Honestly the crazy ideas people come up with just to avoid rooting.

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[@prime]

Well I would root, but I use my xoom in such a manor that I am not willing to risk having it out of commission for a few days, if something was to go wrong.

 

[sleeplessninja]

I think using a USB hub would work. Haven't tried though. But the principal is you have your xoom usb cord and plug it into the hub. Then plug your FAT32 USB into the hub. Now they are linked together. Hubs are cheap and can get them anywhere and most likely you have one and its worth a try. Let me know if it works.

 

[RadDudeTommy]

This is kind of a question and also kind of a suggestion.

I have seen a lot of info in the forums about using USB Host cables to update xooms, but I have heard no mention of using your PC as a USB drive for the update. I am sure there is probably a good reason for this, but I thought I would ask anyways and see what the response was.

Is it possible to mount your PC hard disk, or possibly a USB drive that is plugged into another port, on the xoom and place the update file there? I tried Googling some info on doing this but was not sure what I should be looking for.

I'm pretty sure this wouldn't work because you have to boot your xoom from the usb device you are using, basically like way back when, when you use to have to shove a floppy into a computer before starting it to redo some of its bios work. You're basically trying to load an "os" like file from your external harddrive (well a flash drive really) and pluging the Xoom into your computer is a whole other concept.