Questions related to using Secure Digital (SD) card with Ubuntu machine, related issues, etc.
Questions tagged [sd-card]
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How do I install Ubuntu 16.04 from an SD card?
Could someone explain how to install Ubuntu from an SD card? I don't have any CDs or USB sticks around. My current operating system is Windows 10 64 bit.
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How to get my laptop to detect SD cards inserted into its built-in card reader?
My laptop has a built-in SD Card reader but it cannot detect one when inserted. Here is the result when I type lspci from the terminal:
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc…
Candelight
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SD card is read only
Note: I know about the lock switch on the SD card. It's not the lock switch. :)
Hi, I'm having problems with an FAT32 SD card taken out of a Wii. It's read only. Any attempt to copy something is met with...
The destination is read-only.
I've tried…
user3442612
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Micro SD card with adaptor in Ubuntu 12.04 only mount read-only
I am trying to mount a microSD card with adaptor in Ubuntu 12.04 but it will only mount if I lock the adaptor before putting the card in and thus get a read only mounted card.
If I do not lock the adaptor before I cannot see the card. In Windows I…
Luc
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Ubuntu can't read 64GB SDXC
My new 64GB SDXC UHS I cards do not appear in Gnome Disks let alone mount. On the same laptop and SD card reader, mounts fine in Windows 10 and my cameras. I have a 32GB SDHC UHS II formatted as exFAT and this mounts fine in Ubuntu.
When inserting a…
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How do I mount SD Card to Ubuntu 18.04 on my HP Envy 13t?
The card slot works fine on windows. sudo fdisk -l doesn't show any SD card. I checked by giving the command tail -f /var/log/syslog and inserting SD card again, nothing happened.
Output from lspci(relevant bit):
01:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]:…
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Problems with copying data to large SD card
A few days ago I got a ThinkPad T460 and until now everything worked fine ans I'm really happy.
To extend my SSD, I bought a 256GB SD Card by Kingston (this here). But when copying data there is a problem.: The SD card is recognized by the System…
tz39R
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Micro SD Card automatically getting write protected
I'm using Transcend Micro SD Card. When I try to copy some files from my system(12.04), it's getting write protected and also unmounting the device. I'm unable to copy files to it.
r18ul
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Impossible to read SD card on laptop
I have 2 SD cards (16GB et 32GB, both FAT32) and 2 laptops.
On the first laptop (xubuntu 14.04), I can read both cards
On the second laptop (xubuntu 16.04), I can read the 16GB card but not the 32GB card.
So I'm guessing it's a problem with my card…
melja
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Filesystem type: MSDOS memory card
I have a 32GB SD card, it's file system is MSDOS and I am using Ubuntu 16.04. I am unable to delete anything from this card, even I can't format it.
Please someone help me out.
Roomy JD
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SD Card limits or faults
I have 3 new 32gb SD cards (Class 10, xc I).
I put 20.3gb of data, including images, videos, ISOs, a DVD, PDFs, debs, tar balls on them. But after writing them all, some files are missing, and some of what remains appear corrupt, even before safe…
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How to access a generic SD card?
What's the systematic way of accessing an SD card? I've installed one in my reader, but nothing seems to progress.
The end of dmesg gives:
[ 6647.300380] mmcblk0: error -123 sending status command, aborting
[ 6647.300392] end_request: I/O error, dev…
Opux
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Recognize SD card as /dev/sdX rather than /dev/mmcblkX
How do I change the system so that it recognizes SD cards as /dev/sdX rather than /dev/mmcblkX? I want to do this because scripts depend on sdX. Thanks in advance.
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SD Card, Destination is read-only
I can no longer write to my SD card using the GUI (Files 3.10.1). If I use the command line I can successfully write to the SD card, but using the GUI gives me "Destination is read-only".
Using the command line I am the same user as the GUI. No…
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I can't see my SD Card on Ubuntu
Output of fdisk -l
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sda2 1050624 217776127 216725504 103,4G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 217776128 234440703 16664576 8G Linux…
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