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tobas

@drakaen391 hm. interesting. but how would I know which folder the config files are in?

so when I burn the image, my sd splits into a 'boot' sector, and a'retropie' sector, so essentially, I can just drag and drop the folders into the 'retropie' part instead of over the network?

...hang on...does that also mean that there's no reason I should be copying my files from the retropie to my computer over the network to begin with?

tobas

@mitu they really haven't been much help.

https://github.com/RetroFlag/retroflag-picase

these are the files on the github. I suppose if I could just take these and pop them on the pi it would be easy, but I don't know if it's that simple

Drakaen391

@tobas yea....

So, there is a better (IMO) safe shutdown script....

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17258/modify-a-safe-shutdown-script/20

Try this one instead

tobas

@drakaen391 oh, I'm not sure what part of that is the script though :( there's so many posts and so many lines

tobas

@tobas hoo boy, yeah I don't understand a thing going on in that thread

Drakaen391

I'll try to redo it in a way to copy and paste

Regarding backup, the fastest way is always direct.

The config files will be located in /opt/retropie/configs

If you want to save your game lists, they are in /home/.emulationstation (its a hidden file)

tobas

@drakaen391 game lists, like favorites? that kind of thing?

Drakaen391

I don't think favorites, but all the scrapes will be saved

here is the shutdown script

follow these steps in order top to bottom
First we need to create a script

sudo nano /etc/killes.sh

then copy and paste the following script

#!/bin/bash

ESPID="$(pgrep -f "/opt/retropie/supplementary/.*/emulationstation([^.]|$)")"
if [ -n "$ESPID" ]; then
touch /tmp/es-shutdown && chown pi:pi /tmp/es-shutdown
kill "$ESPID"
while s=$(ps -p "$ESPID" -o s=) && [ "$s" ] && [ "$s" != 'Z' ]; do
sleep 1
done
fi

sleep 1

Next press ctrl-x and save it

Next Make it exacutable

chmod a+x /etc/killes.sh

next we will create the service script

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/killes.service

copy and paste the following

[Unit]
Description=Kill EmulationStation
After=autologin@tty1.service

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=true
ExecStop=/etc/killes.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Now to wrap it all up and enable it

sudo systemctl enable killes

tobas

@drakaen391 ah I see. not sure how I can copy and paste those from inside the pi however

cyperghost

@drakaen391 This script is based on the ES-shutdown version 1.2
It won't work if there is an emulator currently running. I think I will repost a better script basis.

tobas

@drakaen391 scrapes meaning snaps, boxart etc? those are in the roms folders I thought? at least that's where they are on my SD

Drakaen391

@tobas it varies... the location I mentioned was the default location

Drakaen391

@cyperghost please do...

cyperghost

@drakaen391 I tag you in new post, too

tobas

@drakaen391 okay just checked (I'm monitoring the transfer from work XD) so the config folder holds the overall emulator/retroarch configs, and the individual emulator config files. no scrapes thank god.

message popped up that many files in that folder couldnt be copied without administrative permission, which I should have? but I'll deal with that folder last I guess, it's small so transferring it is fast if I can figure out how.

tobas

@tobas so the transfer looks like it got everything, config files included. I hope I can just drag and drop them back onto the card when I burn 4.4

tobas

@drakaen391 update for those interested,

4.4 worked perfectly. The Nespi downloaded the script and installed correctly. Now I'm putting back the contents of my backed up folders onto the freshly flashed SD over my network.

Hopefully this will result in an image exactly like I had with a shiny new 4.4 software package underneath.

Drakaen391

@tobas said in 403 forbidden:

@drakaen391 update for those interested,

4.4 worked perfectly. The Nespi downloaded the script and installed correctly. Now I'm putting back the contents of my backed up folders onto the freshly flashed SD over my network.

Hopefully this will result in an image exactly like I had with a shiny new 4.4 software package underneath.

Glad it worked

tobas

@drakaen391 welp. yes. the new flashed card worked perfectly. the roms and bios etc transferred without issue. but now I don't have attract mode anymore, my categories are all screwed up etc. as in pretty much they don't exist anymore.

I don't know what to do anymore :( I wish I could just get the script to install properly on my original image.

or at least if I could get retropie updated to 4.4 on it maybe it would install properly.

Drakaen391

@tobas well, 4.4 uses a completely different version of Raspbian as Jessie is obsolete now...

I don’t know much of attract mode, but the categories should be easy to redo from the emulation Station Menu