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unplug

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How Fast Ca 6k Read/write Sd Card?
« on: January 12, 2005, 01:06:03 am »
I want to install programs into SD card and leave CF for my GPS receiver. When I checked currently available SD card, there are different speed. I have a SanDisk 512MB, but I think maybe I can use a faster card. I want to put xqt and debian in sd card, including a 64MB swap. Should I buy a faster sd card or I should settle with my current one.
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2005, 03:11:21 am »
When you say you want to run Debian I think that eliminates the real urgency for speed. You'll be running a full featured port distribution, most likely with software that will not be PDA friendly (cpu, memory considerations, stuff like that). I would say save your money for something else, and keep using the SD card you have now (until you inevitably run out of space).
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How Fast Ca 6k Read/write Sd Card?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2005, 09:57:16 pm »
having done xqt/debian on both oz and sharp, I definitley second that.  go for space before speed.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2005, 08:23:40 pm »
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I want to install programs into SD card and leave CF for my GPS receiver. When I checked currently available SD card, there are different speed. I have a SanDisk 512MB, but I think maybe I can use a faster card. I want to put xqt and debian in sd card, including a 64MB swap. Should I buy a faster sd card or I should settle with my current one.
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Let's just say that if you walk across the room and flip the light switch off, you have a good chance of making it back across the room while the Z is still accessing the card  

But seriously, I have a Lexar 256Mb 4x SD card with a swap fs on it. Speed is a relatively thing. I'm used to the way my Z behaves and have never yet encountered something that would not run, or ran so slowly due to I/O to/from the card, that I wanted to yank it. Put another way, what's a few megabits to the vast majority of users or applications?

Good luck,

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