Labeling micro-SD cards ?

I keep them in the micro SD -> SD adapters when not in use. They're big enough to write on or take a sticky label.

Nev,

Yeah, I wrote I (try to) do the same. But just imagine /somehow/ having forgotten that and asking yourself which of the two, three is which ...

Regards, Rudy Wieser

Nev,

Another possible "funny" situation: Removing the micro-SD card from the RPi and than seeing two (or more) empty SD -> SD adapters infront of you. :-( :-)

Regards, Rudy Wieser

Am 17.10.22 um 08:17 schrieb R.Wieser:

Hi Rudy,

I'm binding small pockets of scrap paper that I label before folding. Never had to guess what is in there.

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Regards JJenssen

This. But I also put a file SD.txt in the root partition containing a log of what the card has been used for. Unless I forget.

I spy a market opportunity - micro-SD cards with a tiny e-in display on them- you write a file in the root partition to control it. Big pile of vulture capital required.

Guys,

Why is it that you don't read the *whole* message before responding ?

Yes, *I KNOW* how to put those micro-SD cards into (a bigger) something that I /can/ label and have done so. Thats not the problem. What is is when they are *NOT* inside those somethings.

Like when having just removed one from my RPi. Should I just put it into the first empty "pocket" that I can find and hope that whatever it is labeled with is whats actually on the micro-SD card ? Thats not a question if, but just when that will go wrong*. :-(

• and with Murphies Law in mind that will happen when I can least use it and/or causes the biggest damage.

IOW, even if I put the actual, long description on the "pocket" I still need to match the micro-SD card up with its own "pocket".

... for which some method of labeling the micro-SD card is needed. :-)

Regards, Rudy Wieser

A short code on each (A01, A02 etc), written on the front with a very fine sharpie, and a database / spreadsheet / text file / notepad (the physical kind) to record what each code means. Just a letter or number would be fine if you don't have many.

E.g.:

On a sunny day (Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:44:43 +0200) it happened "R.Wieser" snipped-for-privacy@not.available wrote in <tijbn5$2mn$ snipped-for-privacy@gioia.aioe.org>:

On my Samsung micro SDcards, those are red-white colored, I have a number written with permanent marker in black, and I keep a list of those numbers and what is on the cards. When the numbers get bigger this will need an other solution, perhaps using an engraving pen (I have one too).

Else I just stick it in the laptop with adaptor and see what is on it.

Ahem,

Yeah! Thats the thing I need. So, when will you have your first prototype ready ? :-p

That made me check if I could actually put something on the micro-SD card that I could easily check (an empty file with the filename being the "label" of the card perhaps) - without having to boot it.

Although I can access the "recovery partition" using a Windows machine, I don't see it when I look at the same card mounted (next to the one thats booted from) on my Rpi. Vise-verse, although the RPi show both a "root" and "boot" folder, neither of those are visible on the Window machine.

IOW, although it would be /something/, I don't really like the idea of having to manage two description files, one for each OS ...

Regards, Rudy Wieser

Ian,

That was pretty-much what I was thinking of too (just the backside instead of the front).

A few problems:

Regards, Rudy Wieser

Jan,

Thats the other problem : I've got exactly *one* micro-SD card which is /not/ plain black with white lettering.

An *engraving* pen ? One that goes /into/ whatever surface you apply it on (etching it) ? I don't think that the plastic (over the chip) on either the front or back is thick enough for that ...

Ahem suggested something that made me think of the same. Alas, my PC only shows the "recovery" partition (of a NOOBS installation), and when I put the adapter in the RPi only see the "boot" and "root" partitions. :-\

Regards, Rudy Wieser

I did not try it, but maybe try writing to the surface with a laser engraver?

I don't...

BYe Thomas

I feel your pain! I need magnifying lenses to write/see them...

Random thought - use colour codes? Pick a few suitable colours and just draw several lines across - a-la resistor colour codes. 4 colours x 4 lines is

Use "Tipp-ex" as a primer? Or white spray paint?

But a 40 card holder with a writeable lid thingie. (e.g.

Learn discipline when taking out and replacing cards

micro-sd card case.

example:

Never drop it!