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    Backing up SD Card

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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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