Hya

I cannot understand what is going on.

A 8gig SD card,

On linux (Debian) no problem, fscked.
On Olympus digital camera Card Error
On win1o, no problem, then quick format to make sure its health
Back to camera, Card Error
Back to Linux, no problem

Another SD card works with the camera to make sure camera is OK.

??????????

I think that something is wrong with that particular SD card. But what is wrong?

cheers

Was the card working previously in the camera?

How old is the card?

Does the card's class meet the requirements of the camera?

Is the card warped or something not physically right about it?

Go back to W10 and do the slow format. Quick is the worst way to tell anything.If it takes what seems forever then do it once again to see if it now speeds up.

Also isn't there some boot area or some drive signature that you can set on camera?

Hya

Thanks for replies.

Was the card working previously in the camera? - First time on this camera.

How old is the card? - Several years old.

Does the card's class meet the requirements of the camera? - Yes.

Is the card warped or something not physically right about it? - Probably yes. The card is micro SD. I tried several adapters, same situation.

Also isn't there some boot area or some drive signature that you can set on camera? - I have no idea.

Go back to W10 and do the slow format. Quick is the worst way to tell anything.If it takes what seems forever then do it once again to see if it now speeds up. - Slow format took forever, so I formatted the card with the camera, it works, on linux also.

I have numerous ??

cheers

Is that is a yes the card works after you format it on the camera? I was going to suggest that...

If the order of steps makes a difference it could be that Windows formats as exFAT but your camera only accepts FAT. fsck would not change the file sytem type.

What is the model of the Olympic digital camera?

Try reformatting the card from the camera, not the hosts. One cannot change how the camera read/write to the card but one can always find computers to read the card. Choose the full reformat, not the quick one.

Edited: last two posts were posted while I was still writing this.

I think OP said it was fixed.

Thanks for the clarification.

Hya

Thanks for replies.

The camera is Olympus tough.

I forgot to mention at post #1, the card works with other Olympus tough. So I guess fat or exfat problem is taken care of.

I also checked fat format and exfat format, both work with the camera.

Now I cannot reproduce card error.

I have numerous ?????

cheers

But anyway I would try to put some files on it and check if worked. You would not want to lost your images.

When I start getting funny errors on SD cards, I just snap 'em in half and toss. Not worth the time to fiddle with. SD cards are so cheap anyway.

I had a real install of Fedora to a usb flash. After some amount of time the thing turned to being slow and then had some data issue. Sure I expect a usb flash drive to be unreliable.

When I went to diag it I searched online after a few attempts to get it working again by myself. That is when I read the deal about doing a full format and the reasons why one may need to do it. Has to do with how the controller and memory work and how it may be in the process of marking bad areas.

If I needed a trusty sd or usb then for sure I agree with rclark's suggestion of toss.

Another thing to consider.

Flash memory (both USB and SD [as well as SSDs]) often fail to 'read only' when the device has had enough bytes fail that it can no longer move to unused reserved blocks. Having the device slow down is just the first symptom of a pending total failure.

They are cheap, replace them at the first sign of an issue.

It looks like that everybody thinks that something is wrong with the SD card.

Yes, I will cut it half. But for a while, I need it. I need to get data out from an old device next month. Modern ones do not work on that old device.

For that camera, I got new one.

Thanks a lot.

That sounded similar to an experience I had in the past. It was due to the file system on the card not being FAT32 and its partition not being less than 32 GB (I was attempting to use a 64GB card). It only worked if I format the card from a Windows computer. I couldn't use any USB card readers. It has to be a certain type of USB card reader (I was not able to figure out why this was so).