Re: Problem: non-SDHC 2GB SD cards are unreadable

From: Alan Cox
Date: Sun Apr 13 2008 - 16:46:21 EST


> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital_card#Compatibility_issues_with_2_GB_and_larger_cards
> tells me that this is the result of a hack due to the nature of 2GB cards.
>
> Are there any plans to make 2GB SD cards work? I doubt I'm the only one with
> such 2GB SD cards(and a camera) and Id be royally screwed right about now if
> I did not have my photobank and an option to use it as a copy over point...

Mounting it with -o loop ought to work around this if the problem is
purely media block size. That is probably the right answer anyway but the
solution ought to be managed more elegantly for the user.

Alan
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