fedora 20: sd card reader set up (with warning)

i finally needed to use the sd card reader of my dell laptop and found out that it was not set up to run.

i found a website with the title Running Fedora Linux on Dell Laptops (http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/dell_laptops_on_fedora.html) and found a solution there to make the sd port work with just two steps:

1. create a file /etc/modprobe.d/cardreader-firewire.conf with the value:

options firewire-ohci quirks=0x10

2. recreate initramfs image

# dracut --force

after reboot, your sd card reader should work.

warning, though. my wifi stopped working after my reboot. i had to update my wifi and reboot again:

# yum update kmod-wl
# reboot


if no kmod-wl update is available, you can try uninstalling and reinstalling kmod-wl and see if that works.

(src. http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/dell_laptops_on_fedora.html#SD_Card_Reader_Not_Working_)

windows: restore mk802 bootable sd

how to recover an sd card used to boot fedora on mk802

using windows:

1. use computer disk management to clear previously created partitions
right click on my computer > manage > disk management
delete partitions of removable disk

2. use diskpart to create new partition
# diskpart
# list disk
# select disk <your sd card>
# create partition primary size = <size>

3. use explorer to format
right click on your sd card drive then click format

tada! :)