Sd Card Fails On Insert, Can't get my SD card to work, help! Options

[colm]

UPDATE: Just tried OZ+opie, same thing from Dmesg

Hi Folks,

Just got a noname 1GB SD Card, seen on lots of posts that brand is quite important for zaurus, but chanced on a cheap (£40) ebay auction. Card is used - normal usage scoring on contacts.
When I insert the card, the SD card icon does not appear

dmesg reports:
SD read CRC error : ffff : d1d7
VFS : Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
(9 times, presumably the retries)

#mkdosfs /dev/mmcda1
mkdosfs 2.8 (28 Feb 2001)
/dev/mmcda1: No such device or address

hardware: 2nd Hand Zaurus 5500 (£70 from ebay)

this is the first SD card I've tried, so I can't confirm that the slot works (only have CF and memory sticks in other devices...), but the "Disk change detected" reported in dmesg is promising that the hardware at least works. Can't confirm that the card works elsewhere until tomorrow...

running Sharp 3.1 rom, just about to try latest OZ+opie

Think reformatting the card via iPaq or PC might work?

--
Colm

[macubergeek]

Your post reminded me of something the salesman at the local Best Buys shop told me. He indicated that the maximum sd card pda's like the zaurus will take is 512megs. I was lusting after a 1 gig card myself...Can anyone substantiate this for us?

[grog]

Your post reminded me of something the salesman at the local Best Buys shop told me. He indicated that the maximum sd card pda's like the zaurus will take is 512megs. I was lusting after a 1 gig card myself...Can anyone substantiate this for us?

Check my sig. FWIW 1g works fine for me, dual partitioned, 800mb vfat, 200mb ext2.

[Mag1c]

Hi,

same here, 1 GB Lexar SD ext2-formated works fine for me.

Try to check the SD cards on PC. Looks like the SD-port on your
Zaurus is dead.

greets
Mag1c

[chrget]

Looks like the SD-port on your Zaurus is dead.

Gee, can I have a crystal ball just like yours?

It is widely documented across this and other resources across the 'net that the Z (possibly mainly Collie, wouldn't know about the others) is a picky little bugger when it comes to SD cards in general. This matches my personal experiences, and IMHO when buying an SD card one ideally should do a 'try before you buy' deal. Obviously having a local dealer can certainly help with that.

So it isn't a size issue but rather a case of lousy compatibility (AFAIK on the Z side). I'm running my 1GB Extrememory just fine in my Collie (it was one of three I tried in my trusty dealer's shop, and the only one that worked -- go fig!) for quite a while now (would have to check, but should be almost a year by now).

So, even if the card runs fine in another device, it doesn't necessarily mean that the SD port of your Z is fried.

Best regards,
Chris.