Re: Latest RaspberryPI image

[Warner Losh <imp%bsdimp.com@localhost>]

On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Lloyd Parkes
> <lloyd%must-have-coffee.gen.nz@localhost> wrote:
>> It would be nice if the 2GB images that various people are making were less 
>> than two billion bytes long. I have a 2GB SD card that is 2GB measured with 
>> vendor GB rather than real GB and I find it a bit irksome that every time I 
>> download an image I still can't use my 2GB card.
> 
> I respectfully agree. I have a 2GB card that has this problem.
> 
> I ended up formatting the card manually, then mounting the image and
> copying everything over. It works, but it's extra effort.

We should be making an image that is 3,900,000 sectors in size, which 
translates to 1,996,800,000 bytes in size, which is enough below 2GB to cover 
all bases.

Warner