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Rasp Pi 3 - Max SD card size

marcuso

Hi,

 

I tried countless times to get the Rpi2 to boot from a 64Gb SD 10 card, on all different Linux OS flavours but to no avail. Does the RPi3 work with anything bigger than a 32Gb SD card ? And if so whats the max size.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Marcus

  • in reply to ryebri

    updates? I’m about to buy the biggest memory i can an need to know b4 i buy the wro one thank you

  • in reply to bizzel0420

    Hi Jonathan,

     

    There is a page where people have left feedback about which microSD cards they have confirmed working, and although the list is old, it confirms that 128GB micro SD cards can function with the Pi 3. See here: https://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards

    However, are you sure you want to do that? I personally wouldn't, for this single reason:

    The higher-capacity cards are more expensive, especially the higher-performance cards. High numbers of write cycles could damage them, they were not designed for running Linux.

     

    Linux doesn't require 128GB of space (it won't perform any better), you could easily use a lower-cost 8-32GB microSD card for the Pi. Make sure it is a high-performance card.

    If it ever fails, you don't lose anything except a small amount of money.

    For all your file storage (and even applications if you desire, and your home folder) you could use USB SSD. SSDs designed for frequent read/writes.

    Personally I'd buy a lower-capacity card, and if you ever find yourself needing extra storage at any point, then consider USB SSD or a network storage device (NAS).

     

    Anyway, in summary, if you really need such high volumes of storage on a microSD, then 128GB is supported according to that URL.

  • I have a Pi 3 and Zero with 64gb cards.  The 64gb Pi 3 is also connected to 1TB USB HDD. They work fine.

     

    The rest of my Pi 3 and Zeros run 32GB cards.

     

    A 128gb might work if properly formatted and partitioned. Not sure the cost of a 128gb card  is worth it.

  • in reply to ninjatrent

      wrote:

     

    I have a Pi 3 and Zero with 64gb cards.  The 64gb Pi 3 is also connected to 1TB USB HDD. They work fine.

     

    The rest of my Pi 3 and Zeros run 32GB cards.

     

    A 128gb might work if properly formatted and partitioned. Not sure the cost of a 128gb card  is worth it.

     

    In the UK, there are 128GB cards - 'SanDisk Ultra' currently available for £33 GBP from Tesco!!!  I got a 64GB one for £17 today!

     

    At that price it certainly IS worth it - at least until the offer expires!!

  • I don't believe there is a cap. But keep in mind that any SD card 32GB or larger is probably formatted exFAT, which is incompatible with the RPi. If so, before attempting to install an OS, the SD card needs to be reformatted as FAT32. slope unblocked

  • in reply to AnsellAnselm

    It depends how you're writing an image to the SDCard, because writing raspbian to it will wipe out any filesystem, fat32 or otherwise, though the /boot/ partition is, I think, fat32 Slight smile