ok this is the deal

where i work we use a terminal server (fedora core 2) and we have little cases without a disk to logon the terminal server.

we want to know if it is possible to put a usb drive in the case and use it.

trough the little case we use mouse and keyboard so why not usb devices?

i hope someone can help us out it would help alot

Because the TS client and server must both support it.

Even the current Windows TS Client doesn't support forwarding the USB drive. This is a problem for USB key authentication and there is no workaround.

Network block devices solve this very problem, but it can be tricky to get it working. Somehow or another, when you have the USB plug into the machine, you need hotplug to run

nbd-server 9999 /dev/sda1

On the server, you'd need to run

nbd-client <ip or host of TS client> 9999 /dev/nb/0

Then on the server, the same script that does that should mount /dev/nb/0 as if it were a local disk. This is not easy to set up, but searching the mailing list archives for whatever terminal server you're running for network block device should probably turn up some info.

By the way, only the server needs to have th nbd module inserted. Keep me updated if you get any new info.