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Raspberry pi messed up?

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    KN4THX @ddoherty958
    last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 12:19

    @ddoherty958 Are you extracting the image before writing to the card?

    "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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      ddoherty958 @KN4THX
      last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 12:24

      @thedatacereal

      Yes, I use WinRAR

      Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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        KN4THX @ddoherty958
        last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 20:02

        @ddoherty958 Can you post the error and the requested info from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to better understand the situation?

        "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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          herb_fargus administrators @KN4THX
          last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 23:00

          @thedatacereal said in Raspberry pi messed up?:

          Are you extracting the image before writing to the card?

          This shouldn't be necessary with etcher

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            ultrakev9
            last edited by 25 Aug 2018, 23:28

            Incompatible SD card, perhaps? I thought I had that problem at one point. They don't all work perfectly right out of the box.

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              KN4THX @herb_fargus
              last edited by 26 Aug 2018, 01:26

              @herb_fargus Wow. I had never used etcher. Thats good to know! I'm a manually-do-every-step-because-im-old-and-dont-want-to-forget guy. I need to get with the times.

              "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                Clyde @KN4THX
                last edited by Clyde 26 Aug 2018, 09:07

                @thedatacereal It's not wrong to do things step-by-step, as it can help to locate the error if things go wrong. That said, one can also benefit from tools that do multiple steps for convenience. :)

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                  ddoherty958
                  last edited by 26 Aug 2018, 09:28

                  This is the error code. I have seen it on different topics relating to under-power rewriting the SD card but I’m using the official raspberry pi power cable.

                  Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(179, 2)

                  I’ll try using Win32DiskImager and etcher with an unzipped file.

                  Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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                    ddoherty958
                    last edited by 29 Aug 2018, 23:34

                    Right, so I downloaded the retopie image from retropie.com/download. Fine. However when I try to extract it (using winRAR) I am told that the file is corrupt. Is this an issue with the image or is it my extractor or...?

                    Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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                      KN4THX @ddoherty958
                      last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 00:27

                      @ddoherty958 Try using 7zip or just use Etcher on the compressed file ( I just learned you could do that 😁😁)

                      "If you're gonna play the Game Boy, You gotta learn to play it right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYLGl92ETNQ

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                        Darksavior @ddoherty958
                        last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 01:03

                        @ddoherty958 It says the file is corrupt because it is. Re-download the image and try again.

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                          Darksavior @KN4THX
                          last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 01:06

                          @thedatacereal said in Raspberry pi messed up?:

                          @ddoherty958 Try using 7zip or just use Etcher on the compressed file ( I just learned you could do that 😁😁)

                          No, don't do that. That will just write an incomplete image file which might be the cause of the problems.

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                            Clyde @ddoherty958
                            last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 05:18

                            @ddoherty958 Compare the md5sum checksum on the download page to the checksum of the file. (Just search the web how to do that, there should be plenty of sites explaning it.) Continue only if both checksums are the same.

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                              ddoherty958 @Clyde
                              last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 12:14

                              @clyde

                              It was successfuly verified. However when u tried to extract it it still said it was corrupt

                              Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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                                ddoherty958
                                last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 14:08

                                The error code is: unexpected end of data.

                                Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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                                  ddoherty958 @Darksavior
                                  last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 14:10

                                  @darksavior
                                  I've lost count of how many tomes I've done that

                                  Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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                                    Darksavior @ddoherty958
                                    last edited by Darksavior 30 Aug 2018, 21:24

                                    @ddoherty958 It extracts fine here with winrar. Im using chrome on my pc. Try a download manager that can resume downloads. Or try a torrent.

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                                      ddoherty958
                                      last edited by 30 Aug 2018, 23:54

                                      I tried again with 7Zip and got no error codes, bu on first boot it went straight to command prompt! I'll try a few things and get back to you.

                                      Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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                                        gomisensei
                                        last edited by 31 Aug 2018, 00:41

                                        You say you are using the official power cable? Do you mean power supply? I suspect your pi may be underpowered if your dc power block isn't supplying enough current to it. I'm not sure what the required/recommended amperage is, but it wouldn't hurt to have at least 2.0 A going into your power cable to the pi...

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                                          ddoherty958 @gomisensei
                                          last edited by 31 Aug 2018, 00:44

                                          @gomisensei

                                          The recommended amount is about 2.5A and I just went on PIsupply.com and typed in raspberry pi power lead. The block seems to be fine, I havn't had any issues with the power, just everything else ;)

                                          Raspberry pi B+, official pi power supply, Samsung 64gb SD card, SanDisk 32GB USB drive

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