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Getting clearer
Thank you Hiaig for getting more into the details!
Yes, you are complete right.
For me it is such a crooked way of thinking, probably just as easy to understand as Chinese or Russian, maybe that explains ;-)
So this is what I did to check:
STAGE 1 :IQ booted with Ext card mounted:
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----> ONLY ext card visible on IQ
Hooked up PC by USB:
----> ONLY ext card visible on PC
Disconnected/dismounted from PC:
----> ONLY ext card visible on IQ (same)
Dismounted ext card in IQ, removed card:
---> internal card NOT visible!!
STAGE 2 : Only Internal card
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Switched off IQ and booted again (only with int card):
---> The Internal card is visible on IQ again, hurrah!
Hooked up PC by USB:
---> Internal card is visible on PC
Disconnected/dismounted from PC:
----> Internal card visible on IQ (same)
STAGE 3 : inserted EXT card
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Inserted external SD card:
---> now indeed BOTH SD cards are visible on IQ !
Hooked up PC by USB:
---> ... and BOTH SD cards are visible on PC, Wow ! ;-)
Disconnected/dismounted from PC:
----> BOTH cards visible on IQ (same)
After this I switched off the IQ and booted again, to, surprise, be back at stage 1...
CONCLUSION
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- Don't bother about the internal card, as Hiaig sugested earlier and do everything on the external card, because the internal is too small to hold all your stuff.
OR
- Upgrade the internal (micro) SD card to a proper size and don't bother about the confusion about cards being visible or not.
BUT
Now we have Eclair 2.0.6, that formats your internal card into 2 Linux partions and 1 "normal" partition for the user, is it still possible to upgrade to a larger internal card without problems?
What is the way to proceed?
1. Backup your stuff
2. Swap internal card for a bigger one.
3. Install 2.0.6 (again, from an external card as usual), but now on the new/bigger internal card.
4. Put your own stuff back again.
Is this the way to proceed?
I didn't dare to give it a try, since I don't have a possibility to (low level) format the card in case things would go wrong. The PC only sees the "normal" partition when using a Panasonic format utility and doesn't restore the card to the original real size.
Personally I would prefer to use only the internal card, but I'll wait until more is clear.
Tom
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