RetroPie 3b+ Won't Start

[MarcuFinx76]

So I was trying to switch the n64 emulator to mupen64-plus-next from packages and I got a pop up saying there was no space. The console then shut down and booting it up only shows the picture I'm attaching to this post. I've tried numerous times to reboot, run emulationstation, set up passwords or change boot options in raspi-config. I'm afraid I lost all the roms and ports I had installed and if there's any chance I can still get the thing to work would be amazing. Thank you to anybody who replies to this

[markyh444]

@MarcuFinx76 like the error said, you've ran out of space. You'll have to remove something off the SD card to free up some space so it'll boot.

[MarcuFinx76]

@markyh444 How much space should I clear up?

[MarcuFinx76]

@MarcuFinx76 And if I do need to clear up space how do I do that? I don't want to wipe all the roms completely, but can I specifically pick out a rom to delete via commands?

[markyh444]

@MarcuFinx76 are you able to browse the retropie shares over your local network? If you can, you just need to move some files off that way. If you can start Retropie-Setup from the CLI, you can uninstall the emulator you tried installing that filled your SD card instead.

[MarcuFinx76]

@markyh444 How do I get to Retropie-Setup through CLI? Because I tried connecting through local network and it just loads then leads to a blank screen

[MarcuFinx76]

@MarcuFinx76 Are there any @Global-Moderators that can help?

[dankcushions]

@MarcuFinx76
sudo bash RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

but please don't tag moderators and/or bump posts

[MarcuFinx76]

@dankcushions That worked and I was able to uninstall mupen64-plus-next. I rebooted it but it still says I need to clear some space. Is there a way to manually get to a place through CLI so I can get rid of some psx roms or something similar to the sort? (Also terribly sorry for tagging, I'll make sure to not do it again)

[mitu]

@MarcuFinx76 your ROMs and games are in $HOME/RetroPie/roms, you can use mc (a file manager with a Norton Commander like interface) to navigate and delete file.
You can also delete them via File shares, by accessing the ROMs folder over network at \\retropie\roms.

[MarcuFinx76]

@mitu Ok I've finally made it to the roms folder. All I need to do now is delete some file but it says 8 is to delete on the very bottom of the screen. I've tried typing 8 and hitting enter but nothing happens

[mitu]

@MarcuFinx76 said in RetroPie 3b+ Won't Start:

but it says 8 is to delete on the very bottom of the screen.

Looks like you never used Norton Commander or any similar programs ? It's not 8, it's F8 - all the shortcuts shown at the bottom of the screen are tied to the respective function buttons (e.g. F10 is quit, F8 is delete, F6 is move, etc.).

[MarcuFinx76]

@mitu That worked! I can't express how grateful I am, I really thought I had messed up to the point of no return. Thank you so much for you're help, and have a great day