From e73fb63427347f989337b13031c3736097357cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nate contino Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 15:02:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Add information about maximum SD card size * added inline instead of in a note because there was a natural fit (no need to disrupt the flow with a note if you can avoid it) * added a sentence about performance because that always seems to be the next question people ask, so we might as well give some guidance --- .../asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc b/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc index 9a439e6f3..bc44f3bcb 100644 --- a/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc +++ b/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ image::images/peripherals/sd-card.png[alt="Inserting a microSD card into a Raspb [[recommended-capacity]] -We recommend using an SD card with at least 16GB of storage with Raspberry Pi OS. If you use Raspberry Pi OS Lite, we recommend at least 4GB. +We recommend using an SD card with at least 16GB of storage for Raspberry Pi OS installations. For Raspberry Pi OS Lite, we recommend at least 4GB. You can use any SD card whose capacity exceeds this minimum size; there is no maximum size. As with any other boot media, you'll see improved performance on SD cards with faster read and write speeds. Because of a hardware limitation, the following devices will only boot from a boot partition of 256GB or less: From f752a2a910b08a8fca5aab67b4ac228fed136785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nate contino Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 15:25:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc --- .../asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc b/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc index bc44f3bcb..fd192b8d8 100644 --- a/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc +++ b/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ image::images/peripherals/sd-card.png[alt="Inserting a microSD card into a Raspb [[recommended-capacity]] -We recommend using an SD card with at least 16GB of storage for Raspberry Pi OS installations. For Raspberry Pi OS Lite, we recommend at least 4GB. You can use any SD card whose capacity exceeds this minimum size; there is no maximum size. As with any other boot media, you'll see improved performance on SD cards with faster read and write speeds. +We recommend using an SD card with at least 32GB of storage for Raspberry Pi OS installations. For Raspberry Pi OS Lite, we recommend at least 16GB. You can use any SD card with a capacity of less than 1.5TB. As with any other boot media, you'll see improved performance on SD cards with faster read and write speeds. Because of a hardware limitation, the following devices will only boot from a boot partition of 256GB or less: From 3b1a4883797a8b20a49c72051318138babe8e27c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nate contino Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 15:33:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] 1.5TB - 2TB, blame MBR --- .../asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc b/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc index fd192b8d8..d917017e4 100644 --- a/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc +++ b/documentation/asciidoc/computers/getting-started/setting-up.adoc @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ image::images/peripherals/sd-card.png[alt="Inserting a microSD card into a Raspb [[recommended-capacity]] -We recommend using an SD card with at least 32GB of storage for Raspberry Pi OS installations. For Raspberry Pi OS Lite, we recommend at least 16GB. You can use any SD card with a capacity of less than 1.5TB. As with any other boot media, you'll see improved performance on SD cards with faster read and write speeds. +We recommend using an SD card with at least 32GB of storage for Raspberry Pi OS installations. For Raspberry Pi OS Lite, we recommend at least 16GB. You can use any SD card with a capacity of less than 2TB. Capacities above 2TB are currently not supported due to limitations in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record[MBR]. As with any other boot media, you'll see improved performance on SD cards with faster read and write speeds. Because of a hardware limitation, the following devices will only boot from a boot partition of 256GB or less: