Re: card donations for familiar

Hi Michal,

Thanks for your generous offer :)

 From the posts to the hh.org lists, I would think that the majority
of (real) problems have come from the larger cards, eg. 2GB-4GB in
both SD and CF, but I'd prefer to test large CF at this stage as I
have recently acquired a 1GB SD and generally find the SD cards easier
to obtain.

If I had a "big" budget, I'd like to try a 2/4 GB CF and a 2/4GB SD.
Of some interest are the microSD cards with transflash adapters, but
I'm not convinced that they are of significant difference.

Also of interest are old cards which have developed "problems". RR
needs to be able to handle these as well, and trying to emulate
errors (short of using a gas-torch;) and then counter them is not
just difficult, but bordering on futile! :)

I am particularly interested to find out if the problems reported to
this list are kernel related (block size?) or userland (parted / RR)).
So cards that are known to have problems are a bonus.

FYI: I am in Tasmania, Australia.

Regards,

Marcus.

Michal Panczyk wrote:
> Marcus - please specify the type of cards that You would like to get,
> the size and the country that it should be shipped.
> Just two notes: don't expect too much from me - I am not a Rockefeller
> but I can try a little bit. I will be able to respond on Sunday - I am
> leaving the town at the moment.
>
>
>> It would be nice to know what the issue is ... possibly card size,
>> or even cache/buffer/block size? I've only been able to test on
>> cards up to 512MB so far. Large (and insanely cheap) CF cards have
>> proven to be elusive, while sellers on eBay of SD cards >=2GB seem
>> to have a common problem with their inability to supply me with
>> items (at the low price I win them at).
>> Note to list: donations of problem cards welcome!
>>
>> I'll attempt to fix this all up in the next release (modern kernel).
>>
>> Marcus.
>
> Michal
Received on Wed Jun 06 2007 - 19:34:46 EDT