[Gllug] Zaurus SD or MMC

[Richard Cohen]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Stan wrote:

> > Ummm, don't get SD, from what I have read the controller on the Z
> > doesn't support the extra bandwidth, and the SD support is non-free
> > which means you will get stuck using 2.4.6 or sharp sources. Of
> > course though the MMC support is also the non-free modules afaict at
> > the moment, but I think that there does exist a 2.4.18 kernel with
> > free MMC support in it.
>
> I eventually found a summary at:
> http://www.zauruszone.farplanet.net/wiki/index.php?MMC%20or%20SD%20card
>
> Reading around SD is supported in openzaurus using the sharp binary
> module so it will do for the moment...I would get MMC but at the
> moment they only seem to go up to 128MB and I hate being cramped for
> space.  Argh decisions, decisions
>
> > I would say get a big cf card, to flash oz with and also stick lots
> > of mp3s on etc. for when you are not war walking...
>
> I guess but sometimes I might want to listen to music and war walk at
> the same time!

I feel that this is my place to be slightly smug.  I've got 2 CF slots and a
MMC slot (actually SD, but no drivers) on my iPAQ, using a pretty slim
expansion sleeve :-)  512Mb CF in one CF, WLAN in the other... and a 64Mb
card permanently in the MMC slot...

> Anyway ordered the zaurus with a small CF card and will decide soon
> (honest) whether to get an SD or MMC card.  Also realised that I'd
> like a USB adapter for whichever I get so that I can access the stuff
> on my desktop.
>
> http://www.shopmemorycard.co.uk/
>
> looks like a good place to get all this sort of stuff.

Never heard of them... but the website looks like crap in my Mozilla :-(

Cheers
Richard

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