Re: [ubuntu-uk] High Capacity SD cards

2015-09-14 Thread Stuart Ward
On 8 September 2015 at 08:22, Nigel Verity wrote: > Can anybody assure me that SD cards of this capacity will actually be > usable? I bought a cheep 128GB thumb drive, but had to run badblocks on it when I first got it to flush out all the bad sectors before it could

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High Capacity SD cards

2015-09-10 Thread Liam Proven
On 8 September 2015 at 18:08, Ivan Wright wrote: > I have a 128GB SD card in my camera. Other than having to install > exfat-utils it works fine in Kubuntu 14.04. > I'm connecting via USB on the camera rather than using a reader. In a camera, it will be subject to the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High Capacity SD cards

2015-09-08 Thread Simon Greenwood
Mechanically I can't see any reason why not as the cards should be broadly compatible with any reader although if you're running 32-bit I assume you have older hardware which might not. However, at the current price I'm not sure if it's worth it as a backup solution. On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 08:23

Re: [ubuntu-uk] High Capacity SD cards

2015-09-08 Thread Ivan Wright
I have a 128GB SD card in my camera. Other than having to install exfat-utils it works fine in Kubuntu 14.04. I'm connecting via USB on the camera rather than using a reader. Ivan On 8 Sep 2015 3:42 pm, "Simon Greenwood" wrote: > Mechanically I can't see any reason why