On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:10:14 -0700 Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> allegedly wrote: > > There have been persistent reports of flaky results with SD cards on > Sheeva (and other) Plug devices. The best theory I've heard so far > is that the SD interface hardware/software in the Plugs is vey picky > about the specs and timing of the SD card interface. Many people > have no problems for years, but if you happen to pick a card from a > slightly out-of-spec batch, you will have no end of intermittent > problems. > > Why not just go back to using a USB flash stick? > > Rick > I had persistent problems with SD cards when I first bought a sheevaplug back in 2010. (See http://baldric.net/2010/03/30/unplugged/ for example). My problems only disappeared when I moved to using a (powered) USB disk as boot and filesystem. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 Note that I have recently upgraded my GPG key see: http://baldric.net/2012/07/20/gpg-key-upgrade/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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