SD card in a netbook slot seems like the cleanest approach in that situation. The cable extenders work great too. In fact, I think for some home-based uses of SoaS, even longer cable extenders will be needed to reach USB ports on the backs of PCs which may be on the floor under a desk or in a cabinet.
Mike On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Walter Bender <[email protected]>wrote: > FWIW, in the schools Caroline and I are piloting this summer, we are > using USB cable extenders. This has at least three advantages: > > (1) easier for the kids to find where to insert the key... no reaching > around the back of computers; > (2) if the key is bumped, the cable moves, but neither the key or the > USB slot are damaged; > (3) less wear and tear on the USB connector--yes, they do wear out. > > -walter > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Sean DALY<[email protected]> wrote: > > This is totally true, a protruding stick is asking for trouble. > > > > I usually use SD Cards, most netbooks have slots. > > > > Well-designed machines (XO-1, EeePC, Dell education Latitude 2100) > > keep the cards recessed, flush with an edge; no protrusion=no > > accidents > > > > other machines protrude even the SD Card, such as the Dell Mini 10. > > > > Sean > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Mike Lee<[email protected]> wrote: > >> One of the things I find precarious about Sugar on a Stick with normal > USB > >> drives on laptops or netbooks is how far they protrude from the side. I > >> always feel the risk of an accidental knock against the USB drive, which > >> would break it off from the plug. > >> > >> The gadget blogs recently showed what was billed as the world's smallest > >> MicroSD card adapter called the EagleTec NanoSac. I bought one from > Brando > >> Hong Kong to try out with a 2gb MicroSD card. It took about three weeks > to > >> arrive. > >> > >> The Strawberry release of Sugar loaded fine onto the MicroSD card > through > >> the adapter using LiveCD creator. I then switched the boot order in the > BIOS > >> of the Sun tower that made the Sugar Stick and rebooted. Sugar started > up > >> perfectly. See my photos: > >> > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157621240681653/ > >> > >> It was kind of amazing to see a device less than the volume of a sugar > cube > >> take over a tower PC and 24" LCD monitor. > >> > >> Cost was around USD $30 for the adapter and card. > >> > >> Mike > >> http://www.olpclearningclub.org > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org >
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