SDCard MB Size?

[georgebaker]

Hello all,

What is the biggest SDCard the PI can handle 16Mb/32Mb/64Mb?

Thanks for your reply in advance!

[JeremyF]

Firstoff, I think you mean gigabytes (GB are 1048576 KB, MB are 1024 KB). SD card sizes generally range from 256MB to 64GB (although they do manufacture 128GB and 256GB cards).

If you wish to install the OS directly on the SD card, it must be generally 2GB or more (but 2GB fills up fast). If you wish to put only the boot partition on the SD card and put the OS on a separate USB drive, the card can be as small as 64MB.

Raspberry Pi generally can support all SD cards.

[georgebaker]

Yes of course GB

Thanks for your explanation JeremyF

Very helpfull.

[A Future Pilot]

Just to clarify...the RPi has an SDHC port. That means it can only handle up to 32GB. 64GB is SDXC, and won't work in the RPi.

[georgebaker]

Thanks for clearing that out. Just saved me some money.
I was about to ask if it could handle the new SDXC card but it can't.
Thanks!

[JeremyF]

Your mileage may vary, but if you find a version 3.0 SDXC card, it will work with SDHC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#SDXC