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    Emulationstation not loading on my retropie

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @iLouzze
      last edited by

      @iLouzze said in Emulationstation not loading on my retropie:

      @mitu what do you mean with "cat"?

      That's the name of the command. Just type the command I posted above and post the output in the topic.

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        iLouzze @mitu
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        @mitu It tells me this after I write your command:

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
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          The file contents are not correct, either your backup is corrupted or the restore of the image was incorrectly written.

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            MinneapolisJoe
            last edited by MinneapolisJoe

            I'm having a similar issue. I have reinstalled the image multiple times. I tried downloading from the retropie website and loading through the Raspberry Pi Imager. Everything seems to boot properly but it ends at the command line. If I enter emulationsation I get back illegal instruction!

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              iLouzze @mitu
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              @mitu Is there anything you recommend me to do so the image writing goes right?

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                mitu Global Moderator @iLouzze
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                @iLouzze Doesn't Win32Imager have a checksum/verification option when reading/writing ? Verify that your backup is correct with that option. How are you reading/writing the image - are you using a sdcard port on your PC or do you have an sdcard adapter ?

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                  mitu Global Moderator @MinneapolisJoe
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                  @MinneapolisJoe Your problem is different and you should have opened a separate topic. You seem to have downloaded the wrong image for your Pi model - you seem to have a Pi Zero/ Pi 1 and you probably used the image for a Pi3 or Pi4.
                  If that's not the case, then please open a separate topic and add the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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                    MinneapolisJoe @mitu
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                    @mitu Thank you

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                      iLouzze @mitu
                      last edited by iLouzze

                      @mitu I have a micro sd card port already on my PC. What do you refer to the "checksum/verification" thing? I only copied the image of the the micro sd card with the read button and then I wrote that same image into another micro sd card with the write button, here's a picture of the imager I'm using:

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                        mitu Global Moderator @iLouzze
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                        @iLouzze Use the Verify Only button to check if the image was saved properly.

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                          iLouzze @mitu
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                          @mitu It doesn't let me verify it

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