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4GB SD cards were an ugly hack. Max spec'd size is 2GB: https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/choices/
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edit approved Jan 3, 2016 at 19:04
Dominik R
edit approved Jan 3, 2016 at 19:04
Dominik R
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There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities (see https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/choices/):
  • SD - 4GB2GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 264 clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB

There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities:
  • SD - 4GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 264 clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB

There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities (see https://www.sdcard.org/consumers/choices/):
  • SD - 2GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 264 clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB
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bwDraco
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There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities:
  • SD - 4GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - $2^{64}$264 clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB

There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities:
  • SD - 4GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - $2^{64}$ clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB

There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities:
  • SD - 4GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 264 clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB
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Majenko
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There are three things to consider here:

  1. There are different SD versions that support different capacities:
  • SD - 4GB
  • SDHC - 32GB
  • SDXC - 2TB
  1. Most filesystems are limited in their size. You need to pick a filesystem that is capable of using the entire size of the SD card. Which one you chose is also dependent on the environment you will be using it in. Some common choices for high capacity filesystems include:
  • FAT32 - 2TB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - $2^{64}$ clusters (multiples of 512 bytes)
  1. Most filesystems have a limit on the size of any one individual file:
  • FAT32 - 4GB
  • exFAT - 512TB
  • NTFS - 16EB