community Digest, Vol 102, Issue 16

Sarton O'Brien roguemoko at roguewrt.org
Wed Oct 22 03:55:05 CEST 2008


On Wednesday 22 October 2008 12:44:27 Matthew Lane wrote:
> Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> > On Wednesday 22 October 2008 07:07:14 Matthew Lane wrote:
> >> No, I have not tried the 512mb card (it's at home and I'm at college).
> >> I'm not sure how to do what you're talking about arne, but you're
> >> suggesting that I can install a base system and put Debian on that?  Can
> >> you point me in the correct direction?
> >>
> >> Also, my 8gb uSDHC card works
> >
> > That's debatable :) ... I have tried various cards and have installed
> > debian successfully and unsuccessfully based on the card I use.
> >
> > I now only use 2GB cards and below as they don't seem to suffer from the
> > issues > 4GB seems to present.
> >
> > IMO try a smaller card before you consider alternative install methods,
> > otherwise you might end up like me, with debian installed but randomness
> > occurring. Also don't believe everything the FR reports, use a bit of
> > trial and error, especially with uSD cards.
> >
> > Sarton
>
> Sounds good, thanks.  Do you have a suggestion on a 2GB card?  I found a
> cheap (~$4) Kingston card on NewEgg, do you think that'll be fine?
> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134665)

Well I run debian on a 2GB Apacer and om2008 on a 2GB Kingston. Both work 
fine.

I can't gaurantee it will work but your chances are a lot higher :)

Sarton




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