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SD/SDHC card class and Linux size

jeffbiss

I've searched the element 14 site and didn't find anything about the suggested class of the SD/SDHC card. Also, what is the Linux OS size? I've never designed an embedded system using a standard OS and would like to know how much memory it takes up so I have a feeling as to what to expect when coding for my project. I've done mostly 8051 derivative work in assembler.

 

Thanks, Jeff

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  • Avoid class 10 cards for now as there is currently a bug that stops the GPU booting the OS from them.

     

    As to size it depends on the distribution. You could have a complete desktop and development environment taking a few gig or strip a system down to kernel and busybox and a few bins for something embedded and fit it in a fraction of that.

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  • Avoid class 10 cards for now as there is currently a bug that stops the GPU booting the OS from them.

     

    As to size it depends on the distribution. You could have a complete desktop and development environment taking a few gig or strip a system down to kernel and busybox and a few bins for something embedded and fit it in a fraction of that.

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