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diff --git a/docs/pyboard/general.rst b/docs/pyboard/general.rst index 107bae69a..1d040f6cc 100644 --- a/docs/pyboard/general.rst +++ b/docs/pyboard/general.rst @@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ is inserted into the slot, it is available as ``/sd``. When the pyboard boots up, it needs to choose a filesystem to boot from. If there is no SD card, then it uses the internal filesystem ``/flash`` as the boot -filesystem, otherwise, it uses the SD card ``/sd``. +filesystem, otherwise, it uses the SD card ``/sd``. After the boot, the current +directory is set to one of the directories above. + +If needed, you can prevent the use of the SD card by creating an empty file +called ``/flash/SKIPSD``. If this file exists when the pyboard boots +up then the SD card will be skipped and the pyboard will always boot from the +internal filesystem (in this case the SD card won't be mounted but you can still +mount and use it later in your program using ``os.mount``). (Note that on older versions of the board, ``/flash`` is called ``0:/`` and ``/sd`` is called ``1:/``). |