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Auto mapping USB Disk on Key to KVM VM using libvirt and udev

Byetzion 19/11/2018

I was required to auto map a USB DoK to a KVM VM (specific VM, mind you!), as a result of connecting this device to the host. I’ve looked it up on the Internet, and the closest I could get there was this link. It was almost a complete solution, but it had a few…

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Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 USB performance issues

Byetzion 09/02/2009

As the owner of a nice laptop running Hardy, I had a huge performance degradation when accessing USB storage devices. Speed could reach 1MB/s at most, and usually, half that speed. The trick that solved my problem was suggested in this post, and after I have tested it, I was happy with the results. The…