[OSM-newbies] Map on memory card of Garmin GPSmap76CSx

[Stuart Wallace]

Hate to state the obvious but are you sure there's no read lock switch  
on the card?

--
Stuart
(sent on the go from my mobile, excuse any typo's)

On 08-Jul-2009, at 9:55 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:11 PM, H.S.Rai<hardeep.rai at gmail.com> wrote:
>> How to transfer gmapsupp.img on memory card of above device. When
>> putting micro  SD card in jack (Adapter) to put in laptop, then  
>> laptop
>> can read, but cannot write on card. Earlier I was able to transfer by
>> puting card in a mobile, and connecting mobile to laptop through USB
>> port (now that USB cable has been changed, and is working only for
>> charging purpose, and not for data transfer).
>> Is there any way to access memory card in write mode directly from
>> laptop or from GPS device? Why it mount as read only (tried on both  
>> MS
>> windows and Ubuntu Linux)
>
> i also have the Garmin GPSmap76CSx.
>
> my Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 laptops mount gps micro-SD read-write, and mounts
> it via USB as mass storage RW too.
>
> you may have an older Ubuntu with the Readonly default on NTFS+FAT
> filesystems? or some other 'careful' setting yhat i am not
> recognizing. or a rw switch on your adapter?
>
> (i just wish i could select user map files with gps as i can with poi
> files. havinging to mount the card to swap maps when crossing corners
> of states is annoying.)
>
> -- 
> Bill
> n1vux at arrl.net bill.n1vux at gmail.com
>
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