Formatting an SD card/Linux

This is an add-on section for formatting an SD card to FAT32.

This page is for Linux users only. If you are not on Linux, check out the Windows or Mac pages.

Instructions

 * 1) Make sure your SD card is not inserted
 * 2) Launch the Linux Terminal
 * 3) Type
 * 4) Insert your SD card into your PC
 * 5) Observe the output. It should match something like this:
 * 6) Take note of the device name. In our example above, it was
 * 7) * If  is set to 1, make sure the lock switch is not slid down
 * 8) Hit CTRL + C to exit the menu
 * 9) Type in the following for your SD card:
 * 10) * 2GB or lower:
 * 11) ** This creates a single FAT16 partition with 32 KB cluster size on the SD card
 * 12) * 4GB - 128GB:
 * 13) ** This creates a single FAT32 partition with 32 KB cluster size on the SD card
 * 14) * 128GB or higher:
 * 15) ** This creates a single FAT32 partition with 64 KB cluster size on the SD card