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    Backing up SD Card

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    • flopF
      flop
      last edited by

      I extract manually the SD and use a SD reader, then "Win32DiskImager" will make you a fast image of your SD, and too could be used for rewrite the SD (backup :P), aaand, win32 its for windows, obviously XD

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      • GtBFilmsG
        GtBFilms
        last edited by

        I have the same problem, the pi is in a picade cabinet, bolted to the back door, so to get the card out I have to unscrew it.

        A better solution (for me) would be if I could stick a USB Pen drive into one of the pi's usb ports, or even a sd card in an sd card reader, and just dump am image of the sd card straight to that from the pi.

        I'd be very interested in other's backup solutions!

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        • TheStrayMongrelT
          TheStrayMongrel @GtBFilms
          last edited by

          @GtBFilms said in Backing up SD Card:

          A better solution (for me) would be if I could stick a USB Pen drive into one of the pi's usb ports, or even a sd card in an sd card reader, and just dump am image of the sd card straight to that from the pi.

          Yeah that'd be cool. I'd make a port of the side of the control panel for such a thing.

          Raspberry Pi 2 B+

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          • Drakaen391D
            Drakaen391
            last edited by

            The program is at github.com/Drakaen391/rpibu

            Be sure the read the readme

            The file is in beta, so please let me know how it works for you guys

            RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
            Retropie (Latest Stable)
            PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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            • GtBFilmsG
              GtBFilms @Drakaen391
              last edited by

              @Drakaen391 awesome, thanks! Won't get the chance to try it out for a week or so but will let you know how I get on.

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              • TheStrayMongrelT
                TheStrayMongrel @Drakaen391
                last edited by

                Good stuff @Drakaen391 thanks. Can you give me a little more info, does it make a back up image of the SD Card or copy across certain files?

                Raspberry Pi 2 B+

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                • Drakaen391D
                  Drakaen391
                  last edited by

                  It defaults to back up folders most commonly changed

                  RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
                  Retropie (Latest Stable)
                  PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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                  • TheStrayMongrelT
                    TheStrayMongrel
                    last edited by

                    Ah yep gotcha, can see that in the .cfg file.

                    Cheers

                    bu_file="etc/emulationstation opt/retropie/ home/pi/RetroPie/roms boot/config.txt boot/cmdline.txt home/pi/retropie/bios"

                    Raspberry Pi 2 B+

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                    • TheStrayMongrelT
                      TheStrayMongrel
                      last edited by

                      Hmm have i done something wrong? I assume the retropie-Thursday.tgz file is automatically generated? Sorry a bit of a beginner at all this. Thanks

                      pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/rpibu-master $ sudo bash rpibu.sh
                      Backing up etc/emulationstation opt/retropie/ home/pi/RetroPie/roms boot/config.txt boot/cmdline.txt home/pi/retropie/bios to home/pi/backup/retropie-Thursday.tgz
                      Thu 25 Aug 12:26:56 UTC 2016

                      tar (child): home/pi/backup/retropie-Thursday.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
                      tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now

                      Backup finished

                      Raspberry Pi 2 B+

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                      • Drakaen391D
                        Drakaen391 @TheStrayMongrel
                        last edited by

                        @TheStrayMongrel it didn't as the path doesn't exist...

                        The folders should exist prior to running the program

                        RPi B & RPi 3B OC (Now Raspberry pi 4b 8gb)
                        Retropie (Latest Stable)
                        PiBox with Wind Tunnel Cooling System

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                        • TheStrayMongrelT
                          TheStrayMongrel @Drakaen391
                          last edited by

                          @Drakaen391 Ah yep sorry, didnt fully read that "Backing up.." line. Got it. Thanks

                          Raspberry Pi 2 B+

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                          • GtBFilmsG
                            GtBFilms
                            last edited by

                            To make the microsd card a bit more accessible for removal, I've ordered one of these:

                            http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/182218715289

                            I'll post an update when it arrives to let you know if it works okay.

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