Re: only 1GB
James <[email protected]>
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Mike wrote: > On January 11, 2009, James wrote: > >> It is a 2GB SD card so why does it look like 1GB in the card reader. >> >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] 1990656 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.01 GB/972 MiB) >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Write Protect is off >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] 1990656 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.01 GB/972 MiB) >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Write Protect is off >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 >> sd 6:0:0:1: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through >> > > a few thoughts > > SDHC maybe the reader cannot suport this size card > > is it one of those secure SD and maybe there is a hidden partition , I've seen > this with usb sticks > > Did you format it? > My desktop: # fdisk /dev/sdd Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd: 1019 MB, 1019215872 bytes 32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1019 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 1 495 483089+ 6 FAT16 My laptop: # fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 2039 MB, 2038431744 bytes 32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 2039 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/mmcblk0p1 1 495 483089+ 6 FAT16 Deleted partition. My desktop: # fdisk /dev/sdd Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x1891f098. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd: 1019 MB, 1019215872 bytes 32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1019 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes Disk identifier: 0x1891f098 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug