Formatting an SD card/Linux

This is an add-on section for formatting an SD card to work with the 3DS.

If the 3DS already recognizes the SD card, this guide is not required.

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