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How to shrink a retropie image?

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    bollwerk @GtBFilms
    last edited by 12 Feb 2018, 05:08

    @gtbfilms No worries. I found a newer version of the same image today and it fits on the same card. Woot!

    At least I got some Linux experience from this exercise. =)

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      jacalvo @GtBFilms
      last edited by 18 Oct 2018, 14:49

      @GtBFilms I've been searching for a solution for this for weeks. Great post, really helping. Many thanks

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        moonston333 @GtBFilms
        last edited by moonston333 11 Sept 2018, 19:04 9 Nov 2018, 19:03

        @GtBFilms hi first off thanks for the tutorial

        i followed it all got it all setup and put in the command to shrink the image and it says its shrunk the image from 29g to 29g im puzzled now where am i going wrong it took about 60 seconds to give me this result

        here is a shot of the terminal what it says

        0_1541790171964_resized.jpg

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          mitu Global Moderator @moonston333
          last edited by 9 Nov 2018, 19:15

          @moonston333 I'd say that the image has very little empty space left so there's nothing left to shrink.

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            moonston333 @mitu
            last edited by 9 Nov 2018, 19:21

            @mitu
            hi im just wanting to take the games off it so it will make the image smaller.

            ive extracted the image and got all the files on my desktop and can delete the roms.

            but how do i remake the image again from these files

            can it be done

            how can i make a pi image

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              mitu Global Moderator @moonston333
              last edited by mitu 11 Sept 2018, 19:27 9 Nov 2018, 19:27

              @moonston333 We don't offer support for 3rd party images.

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                moonston333 @mitu
                last edited by 9 Nov 2018, 19:32

                @mitu sorry i know that
                is there a program i need to make my own image to re image my own files

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                  mitu Global Moderator @moonston333
                  last edited by 9 Nov 2018, 20:29

                  @moonston333 said in How to shrink a retropie image?:

                  is there a program i need to make my own image to re image my own files

                  To make a backup of your own image you can use the same program you used for writing the image. Either Etcher or Win32DiskImager would perform that function.

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                    moonston333 @mitu
                    last edited by 9 Nov 2018, 20:36

                    @mitu yep true

                    but im asking ow do i make an image from all my files as ive got all the files extract how do image them back up

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                      moonston333 @moonston333
                      last edited by 11 Nov 2018, 16:44

                      @moonston333

                      thanks for replies ive managed to do it

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                        Hustler66 @moonston333
                        last edited by 8 Sept 2019, 11:11

                        @moonston333 How did you manage to remove some roms from the image.. I have extracted the .img file into a directory on my hard drive and there are 2 files, 0.fat & 1.img.
                        I cant extract the 1.img as it comes up with errors, but if I go into the rom files folder I can extract individual files with 7zip. Most of the other stuff that is showing up in the 1.img will not extract..
                        Can you explain how you extracted the original img file, removed roms and then remade the image..
                        i cant find naff all on how to do it..
                        The image I have is 1.38gb too large for the card and I have tried PiShrink but it doesnt shrink any as I think it had already been done.
                        Thanks and look forward to any information you can provide..

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                          zachos138 @moonston333
                          last edited by 30 Dec 2020, 21:14

                          @moonston333 said in How to shrink a retropie image?:

                          @mitu yep true

                          but im asking ow do i make an image from all my files as ive got all the files extract how do image them back up

                          Hello @moonston333 I'm digging up this thread to ask if there is any further info on how to do that as I am facing the exact same issue.

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