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birdfeedr
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recommended memory card

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In hardware overview there is this: "recommended SD Card: Transcend TS16GSDHC10"
Can I use TS32GSDHC10? I cannot find specification which says it is SLC. Does SLC/MLC matter?
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I see RPi Model 2 uses microSD format. What is recommended for this model?

I will eventually upgrade from fit-PC Slim hardware. Thanks for your help.
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Re: recommended memory card

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Just get my first Raspberry start playing with it, to setup Meteohub I would like to buy a new microSD Card, as the current used is one start to get problems in my mobile, so nothing should be used to setup a new 24/7 running system.

Any experience what cards should be used or even shouldn't be used.

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Re: recommended memory card

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SLC microSD cards are rare and expensive. SLC SD cards are not as rare and certainly not as expensive, although not as cheap as MLC or TLC.

I am experimenting with this adapter: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L9OB95G
I have modified the Vilros case and successfully booted up with the original NOOBS microSD chip, posting from RPi2 now.
I have ordered this SLC 16GB SD card, and will port to meteohub installation. More details when complete.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0048ZBIKY
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Transcend TS16GSDHC10E fails.
PNY 16GB works. Probably MLC. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0090YT6F2
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Dane Elec, or now Dane Gigastone, DA-SD-1016G-C works. Also, new install of 5.0f autosizes the data partition to use the remainder of the memory space.
Boris, very clever, thank you.

At this point, the rasppi is very experimental, feels much slower than the fit-PC slim, especially during recompute data. I finally got around to manually resizing the partition on the fit-pc slim drive, and may revert back to it.
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