[ale] attempt to access beyond end of device

[Chris Fowler]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:57:42 -0400
> <krwatson at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>>> Disk /dev/sde: 1020 MB, 1020264960 bytes
>>>       
>
> (This is correct usage of MB, as base 10; MiB is base 2).
>
>   
>>> 29 heads, 28 sectors/track, 2454 cylinders
>>> Units = cylinders of 812 * 512 = 415744 bytes
>>> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>>>
>>> Could it be a limitation in my USB reader?
>>>
>>>       
>> To add insult to misery flash drive sizes are commonly given in Base
>> 10 so
>>
>> 2GB = 2,000,000,000 Bytes = 1.862645149 GiBytes
>>
>> I think Linux will display GiBytes.
>>     
>
> Is the MicroSD card for SDHC?  It could very well be that it is
> attempting to read an SDHC card in a reader that can only read SD...
> though I would think that it would fail entirely.
>
> If that's not the case, it sounds like a bad batch o' cards with a wrong
> label...
>
>   
The package makes no mention of SDHC.  I found it in a bin in the
middle of the store.  It is Patriot brand with 2 adapters.

MY reader is probably 5 years old.  So that might explain the issue.  I
can find a cheap one on eBay.  Anything to watch out for?

> 	--- Mike
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