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Old 05-05-2011, 01:51 PM   #5
jasoraso
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Originally Posted by taosaur View Post
I'm gearing up to set up a dual boot, and one thing I haven't seen spelled out is whether the NC itself will serve as a reader to load the files onto the SD card. Posts seem to assume that you're plugging the card into your PC by another means, but all my other devices do serve as readers for their respective media.

Will I need a reader?
I may not be understanding your question, but let me clarify:

Once you have dual-boot setup, and in regular use, you will not need a cardreader; merely connected the NC to the computer via the cable, and you will be able to move files onto the sd card etc. Your computer will see it was an extra drive.

However, if you are going to INSTALL a rom onto the sdcard, you WILL need a cardreader to prepare the dual-boot installation. To make the sdcard "bootable", you need low-level access to the card, and you can't get that kind of access by using the NC as your card-reader.
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