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From: antlists <antlists@youngman.org.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files.
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:34:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1448b561-4897-6beb-fa3d-d07e16ec3fc6@youngman.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <753e3ab6-3efa-d570-1b9e-5a3ca2952121@gmail.com>

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 pics or starts 
> overwriting the files.  I haven't done the math.

The OBVIOUS reason is that the SDHC spec supports a maximum of 32GB. 
Stick a larger card in and you're likely to have problems when the card 
starts filling up.
> 
> I just thought of something.  The video camera doesn't have a format 
> function.  I use a old camera that is broken to format it.  It doesn't 
> take pics anymore but the display works and it formats fine.  Now I can 
> format them all without having to squint.  ROFL

Or use mkfs.vfat to reformat it under linux :-)

Cheers,
Wol


  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-22 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-20 17:09 [gentoo-user] Memory cards and deleting files Dale
2020-06-20 22:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-20 23:08   ` Wols Lists
2020-06-20 23:11     ` Michael
2020-06-20 23:26       ` Wols Lists
2020-06-21 11:52         ` Michael
2020-06-22 10:28           ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-22 10:56             ` Walter Dnes
2020-06-22 11:12               ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-22 13:19                 ` Dale
2020-06-22 13:46                   ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-22 15:04                     ` Dale
2020-06-22 18:25                   ` antlists
2020-06-22 18:50                     ` Dale
2020-06-22 19:34                       ` antlists [this message]
2020-06-22 20:35                         ` Dale
2020-06-22 18:25               ` antlists
2020-06-22 18:52                 ` Dale
2020-06-22 19:22                 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-22 19:40                   ` antlists
2020-06-22 20:42                     ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-23 15:49                       ` antlists
2020-06-21 12:23       ` Dale
2020-06-21 12:32 ` Franz Fellner
2020-06-21 14:21   ` Dale
2020-06-21 14:50     ` Franz Fellner
2020-06-21 16:17       ` John Covici
2020-06-21 16:55         ` Dale
2020-06-22 10:30         ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-22 13:47           ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards

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