On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, Clemens Fruhwirth wrote: >> Forcefully extending partition boundaries and I/O block ranges was >> just what I had in mind. My card reader was listed as being compatible >> with card >1GB, and I suspected that this was only verified under >> Windows. I knew that Windows believed in the partition table more >> strongly than into device boundaries, so I figured that would probably >> work. And it did. > > Just out of curiousity, what happens if you try to repartition and > format a card using this reader under Windows? Does it restrict the > total available size to 1 GB? If it does, doesn't that indicate the > reader _isn't_ compatible with large cards? I turns out windows _does_ respect the values reported by the device. However, not sure if this is a new thing in Windows 7. So from that perspective, the card reader isn't >1GB-ready. But from another perspective, it is compatible, namely the practical perspective -- when sending the right USB commands you get a 2GB card that is written to correctly. -- Fruhwirth Clemens http://clemens.endorphin.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
