I know exactly where the card reader is..... I didn't think the puter would show that with nothing in it..... but I suppose if they're going to show the DVD drive with nothing in it why not the SD drive. You know.... you're a pretty helpful guy to have around so late at night. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, there's a slot somewhere on your new 'pooter that holds an SD > camera memory card. Linux sees a socket for it, but with no card in > it's not readable. No biggie. It's about an inch wide, and probably > has a plastic "filler card" in there now. Push it in to release. > > SD is the most common type of camera memory. The slot should also be > able to read SDHD (cards bigger than 2gig, running up to 32gig!) and > with an adapter, you can read MicroSD cards as used in a lot of modern > phones, music players, etc. If your phone or whatever takes MicroSD > cards, you can buy the memory card (about the size of a fingernail!) > along with the adapter letting you read the micro size in the standard > SD slot on your lappy. > > Here's what such a kit looks like: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134527 > > The bigger one has no chips/memory in it at all, just a slot in one > end for the little guy. The little one has the memory and fits in > your phone or whatever. > > If your phone has a MicroSD slot, I strongly recommend filling it with > one of these so you can do "emergency use" pics and with most phones, > videos. Here's the best video I ever took with a phone's camera: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIFmKw7F4Bw > > I wasn't planning on taping that, just said "what the hell", went for > it. Came out OK. This was a small flip-phone I had at the time - the > fumbling at the beginning was me setting it up while still sitting on > the panel. > > Jim > > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > > I open the 'computer' icon in mint and I guess it shows me the drives on > it. > > There are three there: one is the dvd drive, one is the file system, and > the > > third says it is a 'SecureDigital Drive'. Any idea what this is? Google > says > > thay it is a drive but I can not open it to see what is in it. > > Wikipedia says it is non-volatile card memory. Is this correct? > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > ps Non-volatile means I can't change it? > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: