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=== SD Card === Both the F256K and F256JR have an SD card slot. The device software to read the SD card is a bit touchy (it's inherited from the Commander X16 project) and doesn't work with all SD cards * Cards should support the V2 protocol (HC or XC); older cards that only support the V1 protocol (typically 2GB or less) won't work. By contrast, the kernels for the C256 machines generally only work with V1 cards. Note that, in both cases, this is a software limitation -- all of the Foenix machines are electrically capable of using both kinds of cards. * Cards *MUST* be formatted FAT32 -- **NOT: FAT, FAT12, FAT16, or exFAT**. * Formatting with Windows 10/11 works fine, but make sure to force FAT32 (or use the command line: <code>format /FS:FAT32 H:</code>) * Formatting with MacOS will only work using the <code>diskutil</code> command line utility. An example usage looks like this: <code>sudo diskutil eraseDisk FAT32 [DiskName] MBRFormat /dev/[DiskNumber]</code>. You can use <code>diskutil list</code> to get the disk number for the SD Card. * Formatting and partitioning SD cards with Linux can be done using the <code>gnome-disk-utility</code> (known simply as <u>Disks</u>) and is installed on most mainstream distributions of Linux. <u>Disks</u> will access all the drives on the computer so be sure you have the SD card selected when editing. [https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Disks Gnome/Disks wiki] * FAT32 only supports a maximum partition size of 32Gb, on larger cards you will need to create multiple partitions -- however, only the first is recognized by DOS. * Some folks have had luck formatting cards with the [https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/sd-memory-card-formatter-for-windows-download/ Official SD Association formatter for Windows].
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