There is no on card processor on the SD cards.. S On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 16:46, Rick Leir <rick [ dot ] leir [ at ] sympatico [ dot ] ca> wrote: > On 19/01/2012 3:10 PM, linux-request [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca wrote: > > the actual capacity of the SD card was noticeably > > less than advertised. > From wikipedia: > All SD cards incorporate a digital rights management > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management> (DRM) scheme. > Roughly 10% of the storage capacity of an SD card is not available to > the user, but is used by the on-card processor to verify the identity of > an application program > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_program> that it will then > allow to read protected content. The card prohibits other accesses, such > as users trying to make copies of protected files. > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- Pythian proud winner of Oracle North America Titan Award for Exadata Solution...watch the video on pythian.com