[MLUG] SDXC Memory Card

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On 4 May 2011 10:43, Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> > Does anyone have any idea about these cards and Linux? A patch is needed
> for
> > all windoze versions up to 6+1.
>
> BTW, while you can find Free Software exFAT drivers for Linux, exFAT has
> several patents that Microsoft seems to want to use to make money, so
> all those Free Software drivers are at the mercy of
> a cease&desist order.
>
> So I strongly recommend you use other filesystems instead whenever
> possible.  E.g. the 32GB limitation of FAT32 only applies to Window's
> ability to create a filesystem: you can create much larger FAT32
> filesystems under Linux and even Windows will happily use them.
>
>
>        Stefan
>
> Mile grazie! Merci beaucoup! Thank you very much! Vielen danke!

Very informative and pertinent information all of this!

Denis-André.
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