you aint that old! On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:51 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: