8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Going for £38 on dabs.com at the moment, http://www.dabs.com/ProductList.aspx...lectedId=11151

They've also got a wealth of other makes and sizes.

Remind me again, why not the 8GB card?

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

because for less than double the price you can get a class 6 16GB

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

the reason for the question was more because I'm sure I read somewhere in here that you shouldn't go for more than a 4GB .. is tht still the case, or is an 8GB or even 16GB OK??

So, where can I get a 16GB for cheaper ... and is it any good?

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Is that what you are referring to,http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...w+level+format

bun

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

What's the difference between the classes?

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

8 Gbyte card works just fine on the N800. Class 6 is nominally 50% faster than Class 4, but actual speeds are not as straightforward as the single number implies, and it probably doesn't make much practical difference on the N800 anyway due to other speed constraints.

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

I got a 16 GB Transcend SD-HC Class 6 at Amazon.com. Works just fine although the total size shows up as 14.94 GB.

http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Flas...3706249&sr=8-1

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Better yet

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211245

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Guys,

I've been using 16gb class 6 for several months and about a month ago I added dual boot from mmc and it works very fast. I stay away from any class 4 sdhc cards because they always gave me problems. Have not had any problems with 8gb and 16gb class 6 cards. I'm hoping the 32gb class 6 cards go down in price so I can buy a pair of them in the future. SP thanks for the tip on the 16gb cards.

Dan

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Newegg.com does not ship internationally.

Please... no wiggling deals in front of the noses of non-US posters looking for a deal unless you *know* the company will ship internationally.

It just creates intense feelings of jealousy :D

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

dam i thought they did thats news to me

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

UPS claims that my 16 GB SD card is waiting for me at home. Thanks for wiggling the deal in front of my nose (i'm a US poster).

In the old days, a 2400 foot 6250 bpi mag tape could old a max of 180,000,000 bytes (though i recall getting about 135 MB on a tape - probably inter record gaps). This new wood chip holds more than a stack of 88 of those suckers (nearly my height). It's faster too. Well, at least access and transfer time. The tapes spun really fast, of course.

If i pulled my n800 out of my pocket in public and started playing Star Wars on it in 1987, i'd have been burned at the stake.

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Got my 16GB SDHC Class 6 from Amazon.co.uk in the end for about £48. I couldn't find anything better or cheaper, but I didn't look that hard. So far have loaded up abot 6GB of video converted using the N800 media conveter and it plays like a charm ... makes some people on the bus for the morning commute very jealous.

I've also been asked 'is that a phone'?

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

Initially, i got mke2fs errors formatting the 16 GB SD card with ext3. So, i ran badblocks, which did not complain, but mke2fs also stopped complaining. e2fsck reported a clean bill of health. I'm thinking that running badblocks was a very good idea.

So now i've got ext3 on my new 16 GB, all my old stuff from my 2 GB and 128 MB cards have been copied to it, i've tested apps that depended on things being on the 128 MB card, and everything checks out. I've put ext3 on my 2 GB card, and it's happy too, though empty. No idea what to do with the 128 MB mini SD card.

15 GB free. This feels very weird. This device replaces my 8 MB Palm.

I'd like to mount the ext3 cards with 'noatime', which prevents it from updating the card all the time. I run this on my desktop. But i've not been able to create an fstab entry that works. Any ideas?

Re: 8GB SDHC Class 6 Flash card
 

damn, should I have formatted it before using? Works well without.