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   From: Moog    
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   Subject: Re: 2Gig SD card will not fill   
   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:16:46 +0000 (UTC)   
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   Toby Newman illuminated the devils arse on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:00:02   
   +0000, by typing:   
      
   >> I had a similar problem on a MMC, but fixed it without using Ubuntu.   
   >>   
   >> I simply formatted it on a windows system (after backing up the files I   
   >> needed, obviously)   
   >>   
   >> Here's the weird thing...Ubuntu Dapper could work with it perfectly.   
   >> Ubuntu Edgy, saw a "disk" problem.   
   >    
   > Following these steps solved the problem.   
      
   Excellent.   
      
   I have had further formatting problems with windows disks too.   
   Specifically USB flash drives. I think windows must occasionally insert   
   some sort of tag that ubuntu (post Dapper) doesn't particularly like.   
      
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