[olpc-help] SD cards KNOWN to work in XO?

[Doug Jones]

quixote wrote:
> We need a hardware compatibility list for SD cards, please!  I've had lots of troubles with cards, and I see scattered reports of others with similar problems.  Can anyone answer the following?  Or point me to the wiki page?  I can't find a summary anywhere of what works and what doesn't.
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> Which SD cards have been successfully used in XOs?  
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> Which High Capacity cards are currently working?
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> Which of the above cards have been formatted to ext3, not vfat, and work without a hitch?
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> Has anyone successfully partitioned a SDHC card into an ext3 (linux boot) partition and a vfat (data) partition?  If yes, what make and model of card was it??
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> I've seen a report that the A-Data 16GB works.  Anyone second that?


I can't second that, because I'm the one who reported it first.

This card is still in my XO, and works fine.  df -h reports size = 15G. 
  mount reports it is vfat.

I have never tried to re-partition it, but am willing to try.

Will report back shortly.