[OSM-newbies] Making Garmin eTrex Vista responsive to a Linux?system

[Johannes Huesing]

Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es> [Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:36:52AM CET]:
> El Sábado, 27 de Diciembre de 2008, Johannes Huesing escribió:
> > I presume I need access to the eTrex as a mass storage device to upload
> > a map? Is there a similar workaround for this?
> 
> It depends on the eTrex models; some of them have built-in memory. But, if 
> your model has a microSD slot, I urge you to spend 10 euro un a 1 GB card. 
> It's *really* worth it.

Following your advice I bought a 2GB card for good measure, which cost me
6 EUR. This was apparently necessary to be able to use the device as a 
USB storage device at all. 

I blame partly the interface of the Garmin device, which should really 
say something like "you have to insert a microSD card into the slot now".
The owner's manual is not too explicit about this matter either.

Many thanks to you.
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