RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login
    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    How to shrink a retropie image?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Help and Support
    raspberry pi 3retropieattract mode
    31 Posts 15 Posters 35.3k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • M
      moonston333 @GtBFilms
      last edited by moonston333

      @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

      mituM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @moonston333
        last edited by

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

        M 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
        • M
          moonston333 @mitu
          last edited by

          @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

          mituM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @moonston333
            last edited by mitu

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

            M 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • M
              moonston333 @mitu
              last edited by

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

              mituM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @moonston333
                last edited by

                @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.

                M 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • M
                  moonston333 @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @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

                  M Z 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • M
                    moonston333 @moonston333
                    last edited by

                    @moonston333

                    thanks for replies ive managed to do it

                    H 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • H
                      Hustler66 @moonston333
                      last edited by

                      @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..

                      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • Z
                        zachos138 @moonston333
                        last edited by

                        @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.

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • First post
                          Last post

                        Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                        Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.