Size mini SD card

Post freely any questions you have about fit-PC2
Post Reply
croys
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:49 pm

Size mini SD card

Post by croys »

Will fit-pc 2 support a size larger than an 8GB mini SD card to boot from?

yogev_ezra
Posts: 539
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:49 pm

Re: Size mini SD card

Post by yogev_ezra »

SDHC is supported in latest BIOS (just upgrade your BIOS if you have old one).
SDHC size limit is 32GB if I am not mistaken.
But remember that not every OS can boot from SD, regardless of the size.

derek
Posts: 96
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:26 am

Re: Size mini SD card

Post by derek »

remember that not every OS can boot from SD
Can Ubuntu (9.1) boot from SD?

croys
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:49 pm

Re: Size mini SD card

Post by croys »

Thanks for the feedback. I believe Windows 7 will boot from an SD card, as long as it's made bootable.

yogev_ezra
Posts: 539
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:49 pm

Re: Size mini SD card

Post by yogev_ezra »

Ubuntu can boot from SD if you use a boot loader with SD driver in stage 1 so that it can load stage 2. If you install Ubuntu on SD but do not add the SD driver as part of stage 1 loader, it will not continue loading and will stuck after stage 1 when it tries to find the SD card and cannot find it (because the SD driver is not present).

No idea whether Windows 7 can boot from SD, but XP definitely cannot.

Post Reply

Return to “General fit-PC2 questions”