Rasp Pi 4 8GB will not boot from Retropie SD card
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@honda-z50m said in Rasp Pi 4 8GB will not boot from Retropie SD card:
@mitu But surely the start4.elf file and other files stored on the sd card will only be updated on the card that's inserted at the time of update?
Maybe you misunderstood my reply - run the upgrade on the system that works (i.e. the non-8Gb Pi) to ensure you have the latest version of kernel/firmware on the sdcard, before using the sdcard on the new 8Gb system.
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@mitu Ok but unfortunately can't do that as I no longer have that Pi (Pi 4 4GB)
I know someone who has one so inquiries made to them for their help.
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@honda-z50m said in Rasp Pi 4 8GB will not boot from Retropie SD card:
@mitu Ok but unfortunately can't do that as I no longer have that Pi (Pi 4 4GB)
In this case, you can try using copying the newer
start4.elfandfixup4.datfrom the working sdcard to your existing RetroPie install and boot from it. If it works, run again an update/upgrade to get the latest firmware and kernel. -
@mitu ok I'll try that this evening.
Thanks for your advice thus far
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@mitu Copied those files over and now boots up BUT Emulation station does not detect anything not even a keyboard so I can' get past that to do the update
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@honda-z50m Use SSH to connect and run the update.
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@mitu Over ethernet?
How do I find Pi's IP address?
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@honda-z50m said in Rasp Pi 4 8GB will not boot from Retropie SD card:
@mitu Over ethernet?
If you don't have WiFi, yes.
How do I find Pi's IP address?
It's right in the RetroPie's menus, though you can just use the name (
retropieorretropie.local) instead. -
@mitu ok won't be able to access wifi with PI as I can't type password in etc.
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@mitu ok I'm in
How do I update?
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@honda-z50m said in Rasp Pi 4 8GB will not boot from Retropie SD card:
How do I update?
With the same commands as before - using
apt. -
@mitu ok I'm using winscp and all I have at the moment is the root directory how do I open the pi terminal?
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@honda-z50m Doesn't Commands > Open Terminal get your a command prompt ?
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@mitu Done that typed both Sudo apt-get and sudo apt update but just get a timeout after 15secs
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Looks like WinSCP doesn't like how long it takes for the command to complete. Use Putty instead to login and run the upgrade commands and - after the upgrade is finished - reboot by entering
sudo reboot. -
@mitu ok with putty get the normal pi terminal, do I need to do anything to allow the pi internet connection through laptop?
Looks like it has no internet access lots of failures
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@mitu got connected to wifi via config seems to be updating watch this space
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@mitu Finally got it working ok with your help (THANK YOU), full upgrade using Putty worked although my laptop crashed and corrupted the SD card at around 80% of update and had to reflash it and start all over again.
But copying the two files across, then updating via putty worked in short.
Thanks,
Tom
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