Thread: Aura HD Aura HD VERY slow startup with microSD inserted
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Old 09-10-2013, 10:56 AM   #16
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Have an Aura HD, 2.8.1 firmware, with a 16GB microSD.

I have about 2.5 GB of books in main memory, about 500MB on the microSD.

Ever since upgrading to 2.8.1 I've noticed that startup is VERY slow (3-5 minutes) with the microSD inserted. If I startup without it...just a few seconds.

Is there any solution to this? HELP!
One solution would be to replace the internal 4GB card with the larger 16GB card, and then keep more of your books on the internal card. Boot time appears to be independent of the number of books on the internal card, so it makes sense to keep as many there as possible.

I have an 8GB card in my Glo's internal slot, I use an external card on occasion too, but only keep a few books at a time on it. If I want to keep the books long term I put them on the internal card.

Note that if you install an old firmware version to get around the long boot time, you will just run into other problems with the way external cards used to be managed (no cover images stored for books on the external card for example, which slowed down browsing the library listings because earlier firmware also had no option to hide covers).
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