On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 01:11:52PM -0500, Alan Corey wrote:
> They aren't hard drives, it's a whole different process. They work
> superficially the same because that's a layer designed on. If you go
> to sdcard.org there are technical specifications and formatters for
> Windows and Mac, like that's the whole world.
>
> I've seen formatting with hard disk tools work, I've also had better
> luck formatting in cameras or phones. And many times scanning for bad
> blocks causes a hard crash of the whole computer. I've got about 3
> USB memory sticks here about 10 years old that I don't dare to scan
> again. But that in itself is odd, that for 10 years we haven't come
> up with a better approach. There are hundreds of pages of PDFs on how
> they work at http://www.sdcard.org but there seem to be limitations on
> how you can use that information. Like that .org maybe should have
> been a .com or .biz Despicable.
>
> But as we enter an era of solid state drives having proper utilities
> becomes more important. And many of us experiment with rooted phones
> with Linux on SD cards, and small single board computers like the
> Raspberry Pi, Beagleboard, etc. using SD cards instead of hard drives.
>
> You have to accept this disclaimer before you can download their PDFs:
> The information contained in the Simplified Specifications are
> presented only as a standard specification for SD cards and SD
> host/ancillary products and is provided "AS-IS" without any
> representations or warranties of any kind. No responsibility is
> assumed by the SD Group, SD-3C, LLC or the SD Card Association for any
> damages, any infringements of patents or other right of the SD Group,
> SD-3C, LLC, the SD Card Association or any third parties, which may
> result from there use or any portion there of. No license is granted
> by implication, estoppel or otherwise under any patent or other rights
> of the SD Group, SD-3C, LLC, the SD Card Association or any third
> party. Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation by the SD
> Group, the SD-3C, LLC or the SD Card Association to disclose or
> distribute any technical information, know-how or other confidential
> information to any third party.
>
> Ooops, I probably broke some law by posting that. :) I was never
> interested in law school.
>
> --
> Credit is the root of all evil. - AB1JX
>
This has nothing to do with OpenBSD. Please keep this trash off the
list.
-ml
