Sd Card Filesystem?

[NeoGML]

Hi..

so, i'm using a sanDisk, 2GB SD card (says "MADE FOR Wii" but that really is arbitrary, i feel), and it works fine and everything, it's just painfully slow to copy to.

I'm using a mac, and looking at the file system of the card, it says it's using FAT16... is that normal? I'm just a little leery on reformatting it, because i tried to do that already and i ended up frying the card (using Disk Utility on OS X)...

Thanks,

neogml

 

[darkriku]

i dont want to be a dick but why would you pay extra 20 bucks for it to say MADE FOR WII? also LOL macs suck ... thats why idk about them sry

 

[NeoGML]

i dont want to be a dick but why would you pay extra 20 bucks for it to say MADE FOR WII? also LOL macs suck ... thats why idk about them sry

$20 extra bucks?

it was $15...

if you think macs suck that's fine, but personally i think they're generally more stable than PCs and have a very nice linux base... windows vista doesn't didn't really have a proper C compiler for a while, not sure that it does now...

 

[darkriku]

xp is wheres its at dude but 15 is still pricey for 2g's umm it should say fat32

 

[sam fisher]

xp is wheres its at dude but 15 is still pricey for 2g's umm it should say fat32

No, XP may be matched to hell but Linux is still "where it's at" . Your previous post was offensive for no reason at all.

Back on topic. I believe FAT16 is the correct file system but if you are using the Wiz to write to the SD card then it is probably quite slow for that reason alone.

 

[NeoGML]

xp is wheres its at dude but 15 is still pricey for 2g's umm it should say fat32

No, XP may be matched to hell but Linux is still "where it's at" ;"]. Your previous post was offensive for no reason at all.

Back on topic. I believe FAT16 is the correct file system but if you are using the Wiz to write to the SD card then it is probably quite slow for that reason alone.[/quote]Oh, i see... yeah, i haven't been able to test it w/ an external reader/writer.

thanks!

 

[Squidge]

For a 2GB SD card, FAT16 is fine. You only need to use FAT32 if your card is larger than 2GB.

 

[Chip]

i dont want to be a dick
Then don't be one. If you don't have something constructive to add to the discussion, don't post.

 

[b1ueskycomp1ex]

i dont want to be a dick but why would you pay extra 20 bucks for it to say MADE FOR WII? also LOL macs suck ... thats why idk about them sry

1 - [Insult removed]
2 - It's his choice to buy a made for Wii memory card.
3 - Macs don't suck, they're just overpriced and under appreciated, I run a PC with gnu/linux.
4 - GTFO

Thank you. =]

 

[Squidge]

The posters question was already answered, there's no need to continue discussion on other topics such as whether someone is a dick or not.

Closed.