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SD formatting guide: SD Association's SD Card Formatter is now available for Linux

Open mariomadproductions opened this issue 2 years ago • 6 comments

SD Association released a Linux version: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/sd-memory-card-formatter-for-linux/ So this should probably be integrated into the Linux section of SD formatting guide, like it is for Windows/Mac (maybe leaving the built-in Linux tools as a alternative option).

mariomadproductions avatar Oct 01 '23 11:10 mariomadproductions

@Gruetzig no need to be shy

mariomadproductions avatar Oct 01 '23 11:10 mariomadproductions

It doesnt look like its open-source

Gruetzig avatar Oct 01 '23 11:10 Gruetzig

Yeah this isn't an open source tool. This is a Linux version of the tool recommended on the Windows and Mac pages. I agree it would be a good idea to maintain the instructions for the open source tools (in addition).

mariomadproductions avatar Oct 01 '23 11:10 mariomadproductions

Whats the advantage of using that? I downloaded it and it seems to be a cli tool. mkfs.fat is preinstalled on most if not all distros, and it seems like unnecessary extra downloading.

Gruetzig avatar Oct 01 '23 11:10 Gruetzig

I'm not sure what the advantage is exactly, but the guide suggests there is some advantage over third party/OS tools.

mariomadproductions avatar Oct 01 '23 11:10 mariomadproductions

it's only used for windows afaik? we use it on windows as the built-in one is not usable at all it's not the case for mac, and surely linux

danny8376 avatar Oct 01 '23 12:10 danny8376