Retropie Problems With Extracting
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sounds like you've unzipped one stage too far. you should unzip the .gz file to a .img and then write that to the SD card. if you unzip the .img you'll probably be left with the sort of files you are seeing, which is not what you want.
if you've got known file extensions hidden in windows, maybe you won't neccesarily know what stage you're at and they all appear as 'zip' files.
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Not sure about hidden file extensions but that could be the case as it always shows as a zip file nothing else
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@dankcushions I only unzip the download once, this leaves me with a zip file of the same name as the download. At no point has this mysterious .img file actually appeared. Am half tempted to return it all as I've tried all suggestions and I keep getting the same result.
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After downloading I have a gzip file called retropie-4.1-rpi2_rpi3.img.gz i then extract this and regardless of whether i use Winzip,Winrar,Peazip or 7zip I am left with another zip file or the same name as the original download, except it is now a winzip file, if i extract that folder again I am left with- 0.fat a fat file, 1.img as a winzip file and 2 file. I have tried flashing the sd with the 1.img winzip file but it doesnt do anything apart from make the sd card unrecognisable.
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@noodles91 the second file after first unpack is not a zip file - it's a sdcard image - it's just your machine is associating it as an archive. That is what you need to write - turn on file extensions on your machine and this will be clearer.
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@BuZz Turned them on before replying and its made no difference, will try that now.
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@BuZz Turned them on, have written that file to the sd card about a thousand times between reformatting it and it does nothing.
EDIT- I think you may have sussed it, you legend! Odd that it still says zip with extensions turned on -
@noodles91 you are you are looking at the extension and not the filetype field? the extracted file should definitely be a
.imgfile - glad it's working. -
@BuZz Nah it still just shows as a zip file, odd. Legend tho, was beginning to get a little impatient haha. Thank you
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@noodles91 did you ever figure out a solution i also am having the same issue
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