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    Backing up SD Card

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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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