RetroPie 0/1 Image Size

mongo64

Over the past week I have tried downloading both RetroPie 0/1 & 2/3 on both my Macbook Pro (which worked perfectly along with etcher last summer) and a windows laptop. On either device the download size is 775mb or 815mb which seems way to small, and doesn’t match the checksum. Can anyone help?

KN4THX

@mongo64 I just downloaded the 4.5 0/1 and 2/3 and they were 775MB and 776MB respectively. Version 4.4 was only 683MB and 684MB respectively.

Edit: 4.5 was 793MB for 0/1 and 794MB for 2/3 after download finished.

Now I am curious what that extra 1MB is ....

mongo64

@KN4THX Thank you, when I burn this .img to a fresh SD card should I get the same files as earlier versions of RetroPie, like roms, bios etc.?

KN4THX

@mongo64 You'll get the full Retropie Experience, absolutely. Linux distros don't install near as much data as a MAC or Windows OS. You'll have to add your own roms back though. Did you have an issue trying to burn the images or just playing it safe due to file size?

mongo64

@KN4THX im going to attempt to burn it to a 8gb micro SD right now and i’ll post a picture of what the files are on the SD card. To be honest I have had problems burning recently but that was with a custom image for a Pocket PiGRRL. Every time a burned the image to the card using etcher the SD card became formatted in FAT16 when it was FAT32 prior. My hope is that it is because of a custom image, hopefully the official OS works and then I can manually configure from there. I’ll be back soon with an update the help is much needed, any chance you have knowledge of circuits? I’m lost with wiring up this device as well.

KN4THX

@mongo64 What are you trying to wire up?

mongo64

@KN4THX the $14 universal wire charger on adafruit, to a powerboost 1000c also sold by adafruit. I’m trying to add wireless charging to a pocket PiGRRL.

mongo64

@KN4THX also RetroPie 0/1 is downloading 812.8 mb on my Mac, so I’m going to see in the checksums match, they should correct?

KN4THX

@mongo64 Apple and Microsoft calculate file sizes differently so just burn it and plug it in :)

mongo64

@KN4THX nothing but a no single and a solid red light on my Raspberry Pi 1 A+. Damn, had a feeling this would happen I had a bunch of files of the SD card after burning and it was FAT16.

KN4THX

@mongo64 Are you downloading the official image from here? :

https://retropie.org.uk/download/

3rd party images won't be supported by the Official group

mongo64

@KN4THX yup, and I’m using Etcher as I have in the past.

KN4THX

@mongo64 The boot partition is always FAT16 on the Pi. This is normal. Hate to ask, but are you downloading/burning the proper image for your Pi version? Are you sure your Pi is still good? Can you still try the old sd card?

mongo64

@KN4THX I believe I am biting the proper image, I’m burning the RetroPie 0/1 image onto a micro SD and putting it in my Raspberry Pi 1 A+ 512mb (2016 model I believe) from element 14.

mongo64

Files on SD Card are as follows:
bcm2708-rpi-b-plus.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-b.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-cm.dtb
bcm2708-rpi-zero.dtb
bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb
bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb
bam2710-rpi-3-b.dtb
bcm2710-rpi-cm3.dtb
bcm2711-rpi-4-b.dtb
bootcode.bin
cmdline.txt
config.text
COPYING.linux
fixup_cd.dat
fixup_db.dat
fixup_x.dat
fixup.dat
fixup4cd.dat
fixup4db.dat
fixup4x.dat
issue.txt
kernel.img
kernal7.img
kernal7l.img
LICENSE.broadco
LICENSE.oracle
overlays
start_cd.elf
start_db.elf
start_x.elf
start.elf
start4.elf
start4cd.elf
start4db.elf
start4x.elf

mongo64

@mitu what have I done wrong master? You have helped me in the past I know you can be my savior once more as I embark down this programing journey that is most likely way too over my head!

mitu

@mongo64 Verify that the image is correct using md5 from the macOS terminal:

md5 retropie-4.5-rpi1_zero.img.gz

and compare the checksum you get with the one on the website. Try using ApplePI Baker to write the image. Failing that, try using a Raspbian Lite image and see if that boots - https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite/images/raspbian_lite-2019-04-09/2019-04-08-raspbian-stretch-lite.zip - you can then install RetroPie manually (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/).

mongo64

@mitu the md5 checksum does match my retropie-4.5-rpi1_zero.img.gz file. This is not the same checksum I get when I run the .img though, Is this correct/normal? Should I just try writing the .img.gz file to my SD card instead of extracting it?

mongo64

@mitu IT WORKED!!!!! thank you @KN4THX @mitu