Win32diskimager - quick question about image size
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@groviar you should backup your entire /opt/ folder, your /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ folder, and your /boot/config.txt . It is good to have your emulators, libretrocores and ports. It can save you a ton of time from having to reinstall them later. Plus if you update your pi and an emulator is messed up, you can put the old one back on until the new one gets fixed.
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Can I backup (copy) all those folders/files right in Filezilla? Will I have access to those files/folders?
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@groviar i assume filezilla is an ftp program? If so you should. I personally use winscp on windows. But yeah you can just copy the whole folders.
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Can I backup (copy) all those folders/files right in Filezilla? Will I have access to those files/folders?
I believe you can "read" those folders/files in FileZilla to copy to your computer but you might not have the privilege to "write" them back. I'm not at my RPi so I'm not for sure about the "write" privilege.
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@backstander if you log in as root instead of pi you can copy everything. I log in as pi in an ssh program like putty but i ftp in as root.
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I'm new at this and don't know how to ftp in as root, only pi. Can I log in as pi for now and back up the /opt/ folder, the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ folder, and the /boot/config.txt, and worry later about writing back over to the card if I need to, or do I need to be logged in as root to access them?
And is there any advantage of using winscp over filezilla? I'm familiar with filezilla since I learned yesterday how to do it in filezilla.
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@groviar yes you can backup as pi. For root you need to look at this to add a password to root. Read the section "why cant i ssh as root anymore" after you give root a password (i use raspberry as the password so its easy to remember) then in your ftp program you change pi to root and use your password you created
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/FAQ#why-cant-i-ssh-as-root-anymore
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Okay, that sounds easy enough. Thanks.
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@groviar i forgot to post the link so if you didnt see it reread my post
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Got it, thanks!
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