[sf-lug] physical management of flash media (USB, ...) (was: Ubuntu, GPartEd, Bad Luck with Blue Collar Linux-Help! etc.)

[Akkana Peck]

Michael Paoli writes:
> As for SD ... micro-SD, and the like (and other varieties of
> memory-card type flash) ... no hole to attach string tag,
> and many/most too small to be feasibly written on much,
> let alone change the writing on.  So, the idea I had on that,
> and best implemented by manufacturers ... but could similarly be done
> by end-users.  For each, four small separate dabs of color.
> Ideally that would be at manufacture time, in the plastic.
> Rather like resister color codes ... 10 distinct colors,
> four such "dabs" of color on each ... that gives
> 10^4 different combinations - effectively 10,000

Cute. Though even on a microSD card, there's room to write a digit
or three. I tried writing numbers with a silver Sharpie, then keeping
a file on my computer that mapped numbers to what was on the card.
But of course, I wasn't disciplined enough about keeping the file
updated. Probably a better solution is some sort of "wallet" with
slots for the microSD cards with erasable labels next to them, and
each one having a number or letter which corresponds to a Sharpie
marking on the card. Adafruit sells the best microSD wallets I've
found so far; not perfect but pretty good.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3664

        ...Akkana