On 23/09/2020 19.21, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 9/19/20 8:26 AM, Anton Aylward wrote:
The bottom line here is that I ALWAYS test my 'portable storage devices' beforehand. I do not want to find out they were failures or 'not as advertised' AFTER I've used them to take unrepeatable photographs.
This card was used fine for 4-5 years, and as mentioned, it is just used to monitor the foxes and coyotes in the backyard to minimize the number of cats we are feeding them. (kids seem to get upset when fluffy goes missing)
So data isn't critical (except from the cat's perspective...)
Lots of great pictures over the years. It's just like the filesytem evaporated. Lightning nearby? There are power lines withing 30 ft or so, so a close lightning strike could produce one hell of a magnetic field while it is running to ground. (or it was just a crappy SD card that came with a predetermined TITSUP date.
5 more ordered for $14. That should get us though the cats remaining lifetimes.
ddrescue log is blank all the way through:
And did it create trailcam.img of the correct size? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar)