On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Igor Stoppa did have cause to say: > to make it simple, even if it can act as master, it requires to be > powered, like a gadget. > So you need "something" like a modified or special hub (somebody posted > a couple of monts ago about a german webshop selling this sort of hub) > that can feed power to both sides. > Therefore, unless your HD can act as a power source (unlikely, imho, but > check its specs) you still need that sort of hub. Alternately, I built something like this with about $5 worth of parts (plus a 9V battery): http://thoughtfix.blogspot.com/2006/01/usb-power-injector-2.html Added a switch and LED, threw it in (of course) an altoids tin. (Gotta redo part of it and get a better switch, the one I got is unnecessarily ugly and in the way. Seemed like a nice retro sort of design at ratshack, not so much when I got it home.)
