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Universal Serial Bus, an industry standard for serial communication.

The Universal Serial Bus is an industry standard for serial communication, defining:

  • connectors
  • protocols
  • cables

Originally developed to have a standard for connecting devices to computers.

More info on usb.org and wikipedia.

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KVM - Passing USB to guest with virsh/XML fails but works from virt-manager

Running kvm on debian 8.8 jessie. I cannot redirect usb from a host to a guest (tried debian jessie and windows 2012 as guests, same problem) libvirt 1.2.9-9+deb8u4 If I redirect the USB drive from virt-manager GUI, the guest sees the usb. If I…
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GRUB "USB lock" for Linux Full Disk Encryption

Hy everyone. I'm investigating the possibility of using something like USB hardware locking dongles (like these ones used for software locking and licensing) to provide the key that Grub asks for when booting a linux server with full disk…
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HOW TO: Resolve HP Printer Driver Installation Issues on Windows 10

Symptoms First off; for several HP OfficeJet Printers (such as with the HP Officejet 6500A e-All-in-One Printer - E710a) the HP Installer downloaded from the website, or via the HP Print and Scan Doctor, will NOT install the Drivers for a USB…
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USB Mass Storage recognized, but SCSI block-device not showing up

The block-device of a USB mass storage does not show up in Ubuntu 16.04, while I positively can see it in Ubuntu 14.04. Question: How can I make it show up in Ubuntu 16.04? NOTES: Both machines are virtual on the same hardware, so it is not…
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Configure USB port to only act as power source/charger?

Is there any way to configure an USB port on Windows to only act as a charger? I want to charge my MP3 player while I'm listening to music, but playback is not available when the device is connected as a removable disk. I would like to disable the…
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Quickly removable external disk unit

I am planning a Windows Server 2012 backup unit, and NAS backup could be a natural choice, however for safety reasons, the client will be forced to perform disk rotations, hence weekly the backup unit will be detached and NAS units aren't made for…
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MDT 2013, Offline Media, cannot install to unformatted disk

Has anyone experienced this? Recently I recreated our MDT environment from MDT 2012 to MDT 2013 U2. When I create an offline media, the installation process fails just after the "Format and Partition Disk" step, which means, that the "Copy Scripts"…
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How to remote everything ( KVM like switch eg. VGA, usb Mouse and usb keyboard) over network / wifi

Does anyone know how i can forward mouse, keyboard and vga data over the web? So i can remotely control pc's like on a KVM switch? The only thing is, a KVM switch requires you to have a physical presence there. Whereas my intention is only to setup…
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How can I add a usb device to a domain xml from an image file?

I don't (repeat DONT) want to passthrough a physical usb device. I'm making a usb img file like so: dd if=/dev/null bs=1K of=/tmp/test_usb.img seek=2040 mkfs.vfat /tmp/test_usb.img I am then attempting to create the domain with the following…
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RS232 Hub - USB

We have been using this RS232 USB hub here: Serial Gear It is required for a POS application, since the PC requires many COM ports. Our problem is the linked hub is absolutely terrible. It has driver issues, gives BSOD, and if you unplug and plug…
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How to merge usb0 and usb1 interfaces into one network?

I have a set-up with three devices, all running Ubuntu 14.04. The set up looks as follows: What I would like to have is a configuration in which both devices can connect to the internet but can also connect to each other. And ideally, the host PC…
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Need help enabling USB on an HP Proliant DL385p gen8

Over the course of troubleshooting remote mounting issues, I disabled all USB in the RBSU. I wasn't paying attention or didn't see the warning that this would disable input through iLO. So I sent the datacenter tech to turn it back on in the bios.…
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Measuring external hdd's rough handling

An external USB hard drive periodically travels to and from my facility to update its files (it's for offsite backup). HDD, not SSD. How can I measure if it's being handled too roughly? I'd rather not just wait for the bearings to start…
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How to tell if a USB drive is VM-passthrough-capable before you buy it

This page says: And, not all USB disks can be presented to a VM as a passthrough disk. That is the important part. If the driver is strictly user mode the USB disk cannot be presented. Only a select few devices presente themselves in a way that…
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4TB USB3 disk compatilibity

We recently bought a USB3 Verbatim Store 'n' Save 4 TB hard disk for offline backups of our backups. It didn't work on the (Linux) server I wanted to use it on and also didn't get it to work on a Windows Server 2008 machine; the Linux machine just…
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