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Those USB 2.0 hubs with switches work with OS sticks

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JoeyPogoPlugE02

Those USB 2.0 hubs with switches work with OS sticks
May 07, 2016 07:48PM

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Despite my recent bad luck with similar USB 3.0 variants, I scored a 4-port, same as this for the same price.

What surprised me on the ThinClient, was plugging in a Mint 17.3 and Windows 7 USB sticks - the sticks happen to be USB 3.0 but the hub is of course 2.0 - you can leave the Linux switch on and it boots to Mint, power down. Switch that off and Windows on, and Windows boots up.

And while that isn't much less effort than switching USB sticks, it's pretty cool. Windows booted up fine and then installed a hub driver (???) but this paves the way to trying it on Pogoplugs. I'm not on fire to try it because my sticks are the same, but for disabled/handicapped people, one finger vs gripping the USB stick can make a world of difference.

-update- here's a tip/trick: this particular 4-port hub has bright blue lights. Perfect for daylight but a blue flashlight at night. I cut a green Post-It-Note over it and it was bright green. Then another layer and it's a soft green. That's a real quick way to tame it, and of course what you write on the Post-It-Note is illuminated. I'm going to hoard these switchable USB 2.0 hubs for a while, at least at $1.25 apiece shipped!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2016 03:20PM by JoeyPogoPlugE02.

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JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote:
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> Despite my recent bad luck with similar USB 3.0
> variants,
> [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Port-Tap-USB-2-0-High-Speed-Hub-ON-OFF-Sharing-Switch-For-Laptop-PC-/201579188277?hash=item2eef0e5035:g:RlgAAOSwKfVXGJmn]I
> scored a 4-port, same as this for the same
> price[/url].  
> 
> What surprised me on the ThinClient, was plugging
> in a Mint 17.3 and Windows 7 USB sticks - the
> sticks happen to be USB 3.0 but the hub is of
> course 2.0 - you can leave the Linux switch on and
> it boots to Mint, power down. Switch that off and
> Windows on, and Windows boots up.
> 
> And while that isn't much less effort than
> switching USB sticks, it's pretty cool. Windows
> booted up fine and then installed a hub driver
> (???) but this paves the way to trying it on
> Pogoplugs. I'm not on fire to try it because my
> sticks are the same, but for disabled/handicapped
> people, one finger vs gripping the USB stick can
> make a world of difference.
> 
> -update- here's a tip/trick: this particular
> 4-port hub has bright blue lights. Perfect for
> daylight but a blue flashlight at night. I cut a
> green Post-It-Note over it and it was bright
> green. Then another layer and it's a soft green.
> That's a real quick way to tame it, and of course
> what you write on the Post-It-Note is illuminated.
> I'm going to hoard these switchable USB 2.0 hubs
> for a while, at least at $1.25 apiece shipped!