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adi · 07-24-2009, 12:28 PM

Hi,

I use a 4 GB HDSD card. Obviously the DR cannot format the card, but if I format the card using my camera, then the DR reads it perfectly fine. However, if I format the card using my laptop (running linux), either using mkdosfs or gparted, the DR does not read the card.

Since formatting by the camera works, I don't have a problem. But I am just curious how to other people on linux format their cards. I am using

Code:

sudo mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/mmcblk0

or formatting using gparted and selecting a fat16 partition.

07-24-2009, 12:28 PM	#1
adi Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 36 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: irex digital reader	Formatting SD card on linux Hi, I use a 4 GB HDSD card. Obviously the DR cannot format the card, but if I format the card using my camera, then the DR reads it perfectly fine. However, if I format the card using my laptop (running linux), either using mkdosfs or gparted, the DR does not read the card. Since formatting by the camera works, I don't have a problem. But I am just curious how to other people on linux format their cards. I am using Code: sudo mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/mmcblk0 or formatting using gparted and selecting a fat16 partition.