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@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ A few boards have SD card automounting. (This is based on the ``DEFAULT_SD`` set
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``mpconfigboard.h``.) The card is writable from CircuitPython by default and read-only to the host.
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`storage.remount()` can be used to remount the drive to the host as read-write.
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On most other boards, except for ``atmel-samd`` boards, an SD card mounted in user code
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at ``/sd`` will become visible after a few seconds on the attached host computer, as an
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additional drive besides CIRCUITPY and (if present) CPSAVES. It will present with the volume
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label on the SD card. Depending on the host operating system settings, the drive may or may not be
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auto-mounted on the host. Host writes to drives mounted by user code will not trigger a reload.
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### CDC serial
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CircuitPython exposes one CDC USB interface for CircuitPython serial. This is a standard serial
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USB interface.

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