add note about larger SD HC cards

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/posts/2013-08-11-hacking-the-wavedrum.markdown b/posts/2013-08-11-hacking-the-wavedrum.markdown
index 2b1ed0c..00901e6 100644
--- a/posts/2013-08-11-hacking-the-wavedrum.markdown
+++ b/posts/2013-08-11-hacking-the-wavedrum.markdown
@@ -109,8 +109,12 @@ whether the card is recognised by your system check the output of
 (`/dev/sdb` is the SD card reader device itself.)  As this is my only
 Wavedrum and I intend to use it for years to come I decided to be
 especially careful this time and only operate on a *copy* of the card.
-To create a block level copy of the card I *did not* mount the
-filesystem and simply executed the following command:
+The Wavedrum's card reader is perfectly capable of reading 8GB micro
+SD HC cards, so if you want to play with the data on the card I
+recommend mirroring the original card image onto whatever micro SD
+card you have at your disposal and play with that instead of the
+original card.  To create a block level copy of the card I *did not*
+mount the filesystem and simply executed the following command:
 
     dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=wavedrum.img