Questions tagged [micro-sd]
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Mounting a Micro SD card
I'm trying to mount a Micro SD card. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.2. When I put a new micro SD card in, it automatically mounts and shows all files.
When I run: sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/micro &&...
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Raspberry Ubuntu ARM desktop partitioning
I want to separate and manually set /, /system-boot and /home partitions on my 16GB microSD
There are not options like that in ubuntu installer.
What I should do?
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How do you determine a fake thumb drive's true capacity and change it to that?
Got one of those Chinese counterfeit USB flash drives.
It says it's 128 GB but I know for a fact that it's nowhere near that.
In Windows there are several softwares which help you determine if the ...
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Every microSD card is read only, I can't format it or write/delete data
I know that there was many similar topics but I haven't find answer yet. On my Ubuntu, sd cards are everytime read only, I can't write on it or format. I can do everything on other devices (Android, ...
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Flashing Ubuntu to microSD card
I just got a Raspberry Pi 4 4gb and I've been trying to get Ubuntu 64-bit running on it, but I can't get past flashing it to the card. I've been following this tutorial:l
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/...
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Microsd card can't be mounted; none of previous solutions worked! Ubuntu 18.04
I have a sand disk microsd card (Extreme Extreme microSDHC 3), it is brand new. Unfortunately, I can not mount it. I tried several solutions suggested but it does not seem to solve the issue. I will ...
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Ubuntu not using 61gb free space
I formatted an SDHC card using win32 disk imager all working, booting up etc but when I go to look at my free space I only have 20mb of free space. I open up disk manger and there two unallocated ...
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Backup uSD card into smallest img/zip file
I want to backup my self-made RPI based mp3-player.
There is a 16GB uSD card inside, with only 4GB of data used.
When i use dd to copy the whole uSD card as backup, I get a 16GB img file.
zipping it ...
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Install and run Ubuntu within a microSD Card?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 into my 64GB microSD card.
The microSD is plugged in with an adapter and it's not locked, not even while inserting it.
It all went fine but i get a strange ...
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"fsck exited with status code 4" after choosing to boot Ubuntu
When I turn on my computer, it goes into the Ubuntu interface and asks me what I want to boot into:
Ubuntu
Advanced system options for ubuntu
Windows boot manager (on /dev/sda1)
System setup
When I ...
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How to Install Ubuntu on MicroSD
I bought MicroSD SanDisk PRO V30 A2 128 GB to which I would like to install Ubuntu 18.04 (is it possible to install linux on it?)
Currently I have Ubuntu 18.04 on a USB (SanDisk 32GB).
I also have ...
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low level format read-only micro sdcard
I have a 64GB micro sdcard which was removed from an android phone without unmounting (could not find unmount after upgrade to android 7.1,they tried to make it easy and intuitive - it is an eject ...
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How to burn Ubuntu iso from android phone onto microsd?
I have a laptop that currently has no OS. And the DVD drive isn't working. I already managed to download the Ubuntu iso on my Samsung j3 phone. Question is: is there an app that operates like pendrive,...
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Ubuntu freezes on Surface Pro 5
I installed Ubuntu 18.10 on my new surface pro 2017. To not change anythings on the internal storage, I put Linux on the Samsung micro SD card of 128GB class 10 U3, and to prevent any data leak, I ...
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What are the pros and cons of installing and running Ubuntu from a microSD card? [closed]
I have a laptop with a spare microSD card. I am planning to install Ubuntu 16.04 on that card and use it alongside Windows. What are the pros and cons of running Ubuntu from a SD card? I don't think ...
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My SD card that I use with my truck's dash-cam says disk full. but disk is blank
I use Ubuntu 17.04 and the dash cam in my truck records to a SD card. When I put it in my dash cam it says card full, but when I put it on my desktop it says it's empty. I just want it to be like new ...
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unable to mount a damaged micro sd card
Hi all and thanks in advance for your help.
I am running ubuntu on a virtual box trying to recover a damaged micro sd card. i have tried using photorec however it does not see the drive. I have the ...
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Cant erase or format samsung microsd
I have a samsung 16gb microsd i cant write or format on it. Now it doesnt mount on ubuntu but gparted detects it. I tried ubuntu format, gparted, low level hdparm, with no sucess. Hope someone can ...
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micro SD card not working in Ubuntu?
I am trying to format a micro SD card from Ubuntu to use it for flashing ROMs to my tablet. When I get an adapter ( I tried lots ) from micro SD to SD and plug it into my SD slot the card shows up, ...
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Micro SD Card Reader Slot Not Working (HP Stream 14-z010nr does not detect)
The Micro SD slot on my computer is not working.
Model no of my PC is: J9V55UA - more info here
The computer only has 32GB of eMMC memory (No HDD or SSD), therefore using an external memory card is ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS does not find micro SD card
SanDisk micro sd card 32gb
Transcend MicroSD card reader
Ubuntu 16.04.2
During an install of motioneyeos I noticed that the /dev/mmcblk* are not there. I checked lsusb -a and see that the card ...
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Unlock the micro sd card
There is no physical switch. I've tried many application software in windows and Linux but yet still not working. I think the last time I can modify the micro sd card content is where I make deletion ...
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How to enlarge a partition on an micro-sd card after burning an ubuntu image for an ARM- Board
got a problem, that a burned image of ubuntu on a micro-sd card for an arm-Board doesn't fit the whole space on the card and doesn't leave enough space for dist-upgrade. Repartitioning on-the-fly isn'...
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Can I install ubuntu on my computer by using a microSD card as installation media
I am looking to install Ubuntu on my HP notebook, but I only have a microSD card and an adapter on me.
Does anyone know if I can install Ubuntu on my laptop with a microSD card as installation media.
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Write protection can't be turned off
I want to format my microSD card, but when I try an error says that the file system is read-only. I found this, but none of the answers work form my case, which is identical to the one I linked to. ...
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Error mounting a micro SD card
This is the error message:
Error mounting /dev/mmcblk0 at /media/jonathan/bb960ee6-cd2a-476b-999c-7a929d0e26dd: Command-line `mount -t "ext4" -o "uhelper=udisks2,nodev,nosuid" "/dev/mmcblk0" "/media/...
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Check real size of USB thumb drive
I recently read a lot about fake MicroSD card and USB thumb drives that claim to have a lot of space (even if you ask your computer), while physically offering way less. I recently bought a SanDisk ...
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SD Card Slot not recognized 14.04
I hope somone can help me out. I tried some solutions but nothing has fixed my problems.
My SD Card Slot is not recognized by Ubuntu. It also doesnt listed as a storage.
I dont know how i should fix ...
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Is it possible to repair sd card?
I have done pretty much everything I guess. I just want to format my micro-SD card so I can write a Raspbian image to it for my RPI. To begin with I am pretty new at Ubuntu so I am pretty sure that I ...
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Unable to Mount 128GB Micro SDXC Storage Card [duplicate]
Previously, I was able to read from and write to my 128GB Micro SDXC storage card, which is always removed from my computer correctly (i.e. using the "eject" option)... It is also removed from my cell ...
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Mobile phone storage device not recognized by Ubuntu
I have a mobile phone about two years old. When I first bought this phone, the internal micro SD card was recognized without the slightest problem. All I had to do was to connect the phone using a USB ...
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How to format an external 64GB SD card (exfat) using command line?
I have an microSD card with 64GB capacity which has exFAT file system. If I insert it to my card reader, it is mounted automatically. But I am looking for a command to format the card. I installed ...
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Error mounting microSD card on 14.04 [duplicate]
I recently got a microSD card for a music player, I've tried to mount this on my computer to transfer music but have got the following error:
Unable to mount 127 GB Volume
Error mounting /dev/sdb1 ...
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How to verify the microSD size advertised by the manufacturer?
I bought an 8GB microSDHC card. Which terminal command should show me the size as at least = 8,000,000,000 bytes ? The size should include the partition table and every byte of the card. fdisk -l is ...
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Unable to access 64gb volume - Ubuntu 14.04
I'm unable to mount Sandisk 64GB SDXC card.
This error shown while connecting using my phone.
I tried this, this and this links, but unable to find any solution.
I've tried the below commands to ...
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Rescue data from corupted FAT32 micro SD card
I used it on android and it just stopped working. I want to extract data before I format it. Here's the output of sudo dosfsck -w -r -l -a -v -t /dev/mmcblk0p1:
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
fsck.fat ...
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How can I completely erase all data on a (micro) SD card?
I just got a micro sd card that I plan on using with the Raspberry Pi.
I used the KDE partition manager to delete the original partition on the card and to write a new 12GiB ext4 partition. After ...