Okay...so which folder is my SD Card?!?!

pokee · 11-01-2011, 09:40 PM

I went out and bought an SD card today. When I put it in, I got a notification that said, "Preparing SD Card" and that's it....

I wanted to move some photos I copied onto my 'hard drive' to my sdcard, but I have no idea how to do this. When I go into Astro to look at my folders, I see a file folder called 'sdcard' in the 'mnt' folder. That's obviously my non-removable 8 GB 'hard drive', as it has all my applications in it (not sure why it's called sdcard...that's misleading!). So I see a bunch of other empty folders, but I have NO IDEA which one is my SD Card. I don't see a 'drive' letter like I would in windows, nor do I see anything that indicates folder size or bytes remaining to give me a clue (even in 'list' view).

Where the heck is this SD Card!!!

Haesslich · 11-01-2011, 09:47 PM

/mnt/extsd is the folder you're looking for.

Also make sure you've got the SD card mounted by going into Settings -> Storage. The Gallery app will automatically search for photos on any media plugged into the Kobo Vox, so you don't need to hunt for it if you're using that.

NotchJ · 11-01-2011, 09:47 PM

It is pretty confusing but in Android /sdcard refers to the internal storage.

On most Android devices the external card is under /removable/MicroSD but on the Vox I think it's /extsd.

pokee · 11-01-2011, 09:58 PM

Great - thanks, I got it.

The SD Card appears to have automatically mounted itself, so that's great.

It sure is a pain to navigate here - no dragging and dropping! Also, looks like I couldn't 'move' my files. I had to 'copy' them and then delete the originals!!! Does that sound right? They were photos...

Haesslich · 11-01-2011, 10:06 PM

Sounds like a permissions issue, pokee - I've seen that before with other Android-based file browsers. And you can multiselect with some file managers to copy them.

11-01-2011, 09:40 PM	#1
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	Okay...so which folder is my SD Card?!?! I went out and bought an SD card today. When I put it in, I got a notification that said, "Preparing SD Card" and that's it.... I wanted to move some photos I copied onto my 'hard drive' to my sdcard, but I have no idea how to do this. When I go into Astro to look at my folders, I see a file folder called 'sdcard' in the 'mnt' folder. That's obviously my non-removable 8 GB 'hard drive', as it has all my applications in it (not sure why it's called sdcard...that's misleading!). So I see a bunch of other empty folders, but I have NO IDEA which one is my SD Card. I don't see a 'drive' letter like I would in windows, nor do I see anything that indicates folder size or bytes remaining to give me a clue (even in 'list' view). Where the heck is this SD Card!!!

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11-01-2011, 09:47 PM	#2
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	/mnt/extsd is the folder you're looking for. Also make sure you've got the SD card mounted by going into Settings -> Storage. The Gallery app will automatically search for photos on any media plugged into the Kobo Vox, so you don't need to hunt for it if you're using that.

11-01-2011, 09:47 PM	#3
NotchJ Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Calgary Device: Kobo	It is pretty confusing but in Android /sdcard refers to the internal storage. On most Android devices the external card is under /removable/MicroSD but on the Vox I think it's /extsd.

11-01-2011, 09:58 PM	#4
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	Great - thanks, I got it. The SD Card appears to have automatically mounted itself, so that's great. It sure is a pain to navigate here - no dragging and dropping! Also, looks like I couldn't 'move' my files. I had to 'copy' them and then delete the originals!!! Does that sound right? They were photos...

11-01-2011, 10:06 PM	#5
Haesslich Fanatic Posts: 544 Karma: 1138182 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Touch,Glo,Mini,Aura/HD/One,H20, Sony PRS-300/600, Kindle 3-PW	Sounds like a permissions issue, pokee - I've seen that before with other Android-based file browsers. And you can multiselect with some file managers to copy them.

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