RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start

mediamogul

I do all my SD flashing on my Mac, but it will knowledge the existence of a volume, even if it can't mount it. I assumed this would also hold true for Windows.

@Eater_Of_Cheese

What? I consider ravens to be absolutely nothing like writing desks. See, if you said pelicans, I could agree.

A perfect answer. I would have also accepted; "because there's a 'B' in both and an 'N' in neither".

Eater_Of_Cheese

@tygr20
I'm not sure.
At this point, I think it's outside of my skills.

mediamogul

@tygr20 said in RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start:

If I do boot from the USB, could I then use the SD slot for expansion storage?

I wouldn't go through all that if I were you. You shouldn't have to wait long before someone more familiar with Win32DiskImager comes along. I'm sure there's some way for it to read your extra card.

tygr20

@mediamogul I don't think the problem is with disk imager with the backup card. It doesn't appear in Windows, doesn't appear in an Android phone- I'm pretty sure that card is just hosed. :D

mediamogul

@tygr20 said in RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start:

I'm pretty sure that card is just hosed.

It could be. Is it not currently serving any function?

mediamogul

@tygr20

Where did you purchase the card you're currently trying to use and was it unusually inexpensive?

tygr20

@mediamogul it was originally my main expansion for my tablet, and then stopped working. I can't get anything to recognize it.

Ok- so I'm not sure what happened... but apparently the system was eating the gui. When I went to double check that I wasn't set for a text boot, it asked me to apt-get install a package. Sitting here thinking, it installed, I commanded emulationstation and it fired right up. What?

Edit: Bought from Amazon direct, wasn't unusually cheap.

mediamogul

@tygr20

Is it now loading Emulation Station on successive reboots?

tygr20

@mediamogul Yes, verified 4 times. I'm stunned.

mediamogul

@tygr20

Just don't question the miracle and be prepared to offer tribute to each full moon from here on out and you should be ok.

tygr20

@mediamogul preparing the goat as we speak. Thanks guys! What a fantastic community!

Eater_Of_Cheese

@tygr20 We're here to help!