Are SDHC SD cards compatible with the Raspberry Pi Zero WH?

[LUC1D]

I have been planning on doing a project with the Pi Zero W (Pi Hole Specifically) and I have come across this SanDisk Micro SDHC and I was wondering if it will work on my Raspberry Pi Zero W. Any help would be appreciated.

[ImorallySourcedElectrons]

While I'm not sure about this specific Pi, SDHC cards tend to work on most of these since 2 GB (limit of SD cards) is a bit on the low end to run a modern Linux distro. SDHC raises this to 32 GB, which is a reasonable number.

 

If you go higher than this (SDXC) you should check that the file system on your distro image can actually handle the size of the partition. A lot of folks claiming SDXC cards don't work in their small computer of choice are trying to FAT32 format 128 GB cards.

[Needfuldoer]

Yes, SDHC cards work on the Raspberry Pi.

 

Any SD card you've ever handled that's over 2 GB up to 32 GB is an SDHC card.

 

https://www.kingston.com/en/blog/personal-storage/microsd-sd-memory-card-guide

[LUC1D]

On 8/6/2023 at 1:21 PM, Needfuldoer said:

Yes, SDHC cards work on the Raspberry Pi.

 

Any SD card you've ever handled that's over 2 GB up to 32 GB is an SDHC card.

 

https://www.kingston.com/en/blog/personal-storage/microsd-sd-memory-card-guide

 

On 8/6/2023 at 12:29 PM, ImorallySourcedElectrons said:

While I'm not sure about this specific Pi, SDHC cards tend to work on most of these since 2 GB (limit of SD cards) is a bit on the low end to run a modern Linux distro. SDHC raises this to 32 GB, which is a reasonable number.

 

If you go higher than this (SDXC) you should check that the file system on your distro image can actually handle the size of the partition. A lot of folks claiming SDXC cards don't work in their small computer of choice are trying to FAT32 format 128 GB cards.

Thank you very much to both of you!! 

I just have one last question, I'm planning on getting Pi Hole on the pi zero and since I will be running it 24/7 would I need a cooling system for it or not?

[Needfuldoer]

42 minutes ago, LUC1D said:

 

Thank you very much to both of you!! 

I just have one last question, I'm planning on getting Pi Hole on the pi zero and since I will be running it 24/7 would I need a cooling system for it or not?

Extra cooling shouldn't be necessary just for PiHole, but it won't hurt if you want the peace of mind.