8 gb NOOBS card doesn't fit into tiny mico SD slot. How does this work?

I bought the Raspberry PI B+ with the 8 GB NOOBS card but the slot is too small for the card. I couldn't find a video for B+. Any ideas?

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0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Can I use a micro memory card(8 GB), and plug it it using USB card reader and create image in it for the OS?
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0 Former Member over 11 years ago

Can I use a micro memory card(8 GB), and plug it it using USB card reader and create image in it for the OS?
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0 johnbeetem over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

Ravneet Singh wrote:

Can I use a micro memory card(8 GB), and plug it it using USB card reader and create image in it for the OS?

My understanding is that you can use a Micro SD card provided that you program it using a full-size SD adapter. This is what I do with my RasPi Model B.

I can't find a source to confirm this, but I read somewhere that by default Micro SD cards are formatted differently from full-size SD cards, but if you use an adapter the Micro SD card is formatted like a full-size SD card. RasPi Model A/B expects to see a full-size SD card. I don't know whether Model B+ expects its Micro SD card to have full-size formatting.

If anyone can confirm this with links and/or refute this, please add comments.
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0 Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Thanks John,
I do have a model B+ indeed, and I think it should work. I'm still inchoate in Embedded domain and want to learn a lot about using this. By the way, can I use C/C++ to code in Pi or python is the only option?
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0 johnbeetem over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

Ravneet Singh wrote:

By the way, can I use C/C++ to code in Pi or python is the only option?

Absolutely. C works great; gcc and make are included in the standard Raspbian distro. There are a bunch of other choices as well: see the RasPi Wiki at http://elinux.org/RPi_Programming
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0 Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Thanks John!!!!!!
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0 Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

Is there any distribution which has preloaded libraries if I want to test Wireless Communication using Raspberry Pi?
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0 johnbeetem over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

Ravneet Singh wrote:

Is there any distribution which has preloaded libraries if I want to test Wireless Communication using Raspberry Pi?

If you mean Wi-Fi, I think there's support for a number of Wi-Fi adapters built into Raspbian. I haven't used Wi-Fi myself, so I don't know how to configure it.

There's a list of tested adapters at the RasPi Wiki: http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Wi-Fi_Adapters
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