Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-23 Thread antlists
On 22/06/2020 21:42, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:40:49 +0100, antlists wrote: Warning 2: I did exactly that, and it LOOKED like it was working happily, until it overflowed some internal limit and my 1G card turned into a 128M card or whatever it was. Have you actually TESTED

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:40:49 +0100, antlists wrote: > >> Warning 2: I did exactly that, and it LOOKED like it was working > >> happily, until it overflowed some internal limit and my 1G card > >> turned into a 128M card or whatever it was. Have you actually TESTED > >> that card IN THE DASHCAM

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Dale
antlists wrote: > On 22/06/2020 19:50, Dale wrote: >> Anyway, the 8GB cards have been plenty large enough so it could be >> any number of reasons they say the limit is 32GB.  It could be they >> know it will run out of file names.  Most pics are named with four >> digit numbers. So, 9,999 files

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread antlists
On 22/06/2020 20:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: Warning 2: I did exactly that, and it LOOKED like it was working happily, until it overflowed some internal limit and my 1G card turned into a 128M card or whatever it was. Have you actually TESTED that card IN THE DASHCAM and made sure it can actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread antlists
On 22/06/2020 19:50, Dale wrote: Anyway, the 8GB cards have been plenty large enough so it could be any number of reasons they say the limit is 32GB.  It could be they know it will run out of file names.  Most pics are named with four digit numbers. So, 9,999 files and it either stops taking

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:25:11 +0100, antlists wrote: > > Warning; that still does not change the fact that each individual file > > cannot exceed 4G in size on regular FAT. > > > Warning 2: I did exactly that, and it LOOKED like it was working > happily, until it overflowed some internal limit

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Dale
antlists wrote: > On 22/06/2020 11:56, Walter Dnes wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:28:17AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote >> >>> The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices >>> state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only >>> support FAT. My Dashcam

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Dale
antlists wrote: > On 22/06/2020 14:19, Dale wrote: >> So if I bought a 64GB card, I forced it to be formatted with FAT on >> say my Linux box here, it would work in my trail cameras anyway?  It >> makes sense.  It would seem it is more of a file system issue since >> accessing a device shouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread antlists
On 22/06/2020 14:19, Dale wrote: So if I bought a 64GB card, I forced it to be formatted with FAT on say my Linux box here, it would work in my trail cameras anyway?  It makes sense.  It would seem it is more of a file system issue since accessing a device shouldn't be affected my its

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread antlists
On 22/06/2020 11:56, Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:28:17AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:19:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > > The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices > state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only > support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a >

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:19:28 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices > >>> state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only > >>> support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a > >>> 128G card, once I

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 06:56:43 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > >>> The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices >>> state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only >>> support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a 128G

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 06:56:43 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices > > state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only > > support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a 128G > > card, once I

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:28:17AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > The SD standard says >33G should use exFAT, this is why many devices > state they only support cards up to 32G. The really mean they only > support FAT. My Dashcam is like this but it happily works with a 128G > card, once I

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:17:33 -0400, John Covici wrote: > > > The cards I use are class 10, slow but pretty fast for the type of > > > card.  Generally, I can download several hundred MBs in a minute or > > > two.  Deleting sometimes over a 1,000 pics one at a time just isn't > > > feasible.  That

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:52:43 +0100, Michael wrote: > > > PS. exFAT has made it into the latest Linux kernels. > > > > Great. So linux may be able to read the card just fine, but it's still > > useless in the device I bought it for ... :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Wol > > Ha! The beauty of

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread Dale
John Covici wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:50:46 -0400, > Franz Fellner wrote: >> On Sun Jun 21 09:21:36 2020, Dale wrote: >>> The cards I use are class 10, slow but pretty fast for the type of >>> card.  Generally, I can download several hundred MBs in a minute or >>> two.  Deleting sometimes

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread John Covici
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:50:46 -0400, Franz Fellner wrote: > > On Sun Jun 21 09:21:36 2020, Dale wrote: > > The cards I use are class 10, slow but pretty fast for the type of > > card.  Generally, I can download several hundred MBs in a minute or > > two.  Deleting sometimes over a 1,000 pics one

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread Franz Fellner
On Sun Jun 21 09:21:36 2020, Dale wrote: > The cards I use are class 10, slow but pretty fast for the type of > card.  Generally, I can download several hundred MBs in a minute or > two.  Deleting sometimes over a 1,000 pics one at a time just isn't > feasible.  That could take a long time.

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread Dale
Franz Fellner wrote: > On Sat Jun 20 12:09:02 2020, Dale wrote: >> I then right clicked on the >> directory and chose move to trash. > Never tried deleting just single files? > Probably you need to wait longer, those cards are slow. > I personally do not like to use "move to trash" as the copy

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread Franz Fellner
On Sat Jun 20 12:09:02 2020, Dale wrote: > I then right clicked on the > directory and chose move to trash. Never tried deleting just single files? Probably you need to wait longer, those cards are slow. I personally do not like to use "move to trash" as the copy takes ages. In dolphin you also

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 21 June 2020 00:08:55 BST Wols Lists wrote: >> On 20/06/20 23:14, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> It sounds like it may be filesystem corruption. With an SD card I'd >>> either reformat it, preferably in the device that will be using it, >> If that's possible ... :-) >> >> I

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-21 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 21 June 2020 00:26:07 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 21/06/20 00:11, Michael wrote: > > PS. exFAT has made it into the latest Linux kernels. > > Great. So linux may be able to read the card just fine, but it's still > useless in the device I bought it for ... :-) > > Cheers, > Wol Ha!

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-20 Thread Wols Lists
On 21/06/20 00:11, Michael wrote: > PS. exFAT has made it into the latest Linux kernels. Great. So linux may be able to read the card just fine, but it's still useless in the device I bought it for ... :-) Cheers, Wol

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-20 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 21 June 2020 00:08:55 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 20/06/20 23:14, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > It sounds like it may be filesystem corruption. With an SD card I'd > > either reformat it, preferably in the device that will be using it, > > If that's possible ... :-) > > I now have two

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-20 Thread Wols Lists
On 20/06/20 23:14, Neil Bothwick wrote: > It sounds like it may be filesystem corruption. With an SD card I'd > either reformat it, preferably in the device that will be using it, If that's possible ... :-) I now have two devices, my car radio and a tv, both of which require the vfat filesystem.

Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:09:02 -0500, Dale wrote: > I thought I'd use a little more brute force.  I started the process over > again the usual way.  I then went to a Konsole which is logged in as > root, I did a rm -rfv for the main directory on the card.  It showed it > deleted all the files.  I

[gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.

2020-06-20 Thread Dale
Howdy, I have a couple deer trail cameras.  They use SDHC cards.  I have several of these.  I was playing with one that hasn't been used in a while and was going to set it up to use for other things.  I put it in my card reader and opened it with Dolphin.  I then right clicked on the directory