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    Upgrading from 4.1 to 4.2, time?

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      BGallagherLA
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      Several, several hours. I started mine at 6 PM or so last night and when I went to bed at 1 AM, it was still not done, so I let it run overnight.

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        BuZz administrators @BGallagherLA
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        @BGallagherLA it shouldn't take that long. Bad sdcard?

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          AlexMurphy Banned @edm203
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          @edm203 It depends what you have installed. If it is only standard packages then 20 minutes or so dependent on connection speed. If you have any experimental packages which require building from source it could be quite a while...

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            AlexMurphy Banned @BuZz
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            @BuZz Maybe he has some packages which require building from source. They can take a very long time.

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              BGallagherLA
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              Yeah, I think I did go from source, and i installed everything, but I think I went from source instead of binaries, which I must have chosen on accident. Oh well. Live and learn, as they say.

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                AlexMurphy Banned @BGallagherLA
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                @BGallagherLA Always use the binary update. These are the stable releases. The source may contain new, buggy or experimental code and may cause issues. Plus, as you discovered it takes an age to compile. Ah, well, lesson learned.

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                • edm203E
                  edm203
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                  Wow, didn't know there was a difference btw source and binary. Ok, I just cancelled the update, reflashing my backup from yesterday, and will start again from binary. Thanks for the feedback, everyone!

                  Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B
                  Power Supply used: 2.5 amp power supply
                  RetroPie Version Used: 4.2.10
                  Built From: Premade from Retropie website
                  USB Devices connected: 4x ibuffalo snes controllers

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                    PetroRie
                    last edited by

                    It should take just a couple minutes. Don't update from the source, I hit that one accidentally two days ago.

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                    • AlexMurphyA
                      AlexMurphy Banned @PetroRie
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                      @PetroRie Still updating?

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                      • edm203E
                        edm203 @AlexMurphy
                        last edited by

                        @AlexMurphy

                        It about 4hrs for mine to update. Phew.

                        Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B
                        Power Supply used: 2.5 amp power supply
                        RetroPie Version Used: 4.2.10
                        Built From: Premade from Retropie website
                        USB Devices connected: 4x ibuffalo snes controllers

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                          Patzfan
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                          How do I update just retropie not emulators

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                            PetroRie @edm203
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                            @AlexMurphy said in Upgrading from 4.1 to 4.2, time?:

                            @PetroRie Still updating?

                            From source it took just way too long, I decided to pull out the power plug and restart the Pi. Dangerous move but nothing happened.

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                              edm203 @PetroRie
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                              @PetroRie I pulled the plug, reinstalled from a backup. Took out all experimental stuff and source installs, and tried again. Still took 4 hrs.

                              Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B
                              Power Supply used: 2.5 amp power supply
                              RetroPie Version Used: 4.2.10
                              Built From: Premade from Retropie website
                              USB Devices connected: 4x ibuffalo snes controllers

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                                flop
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                                So strange, like 5-10 mins to me

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                                  PetroRie @edm203
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                                  @edm203 said in Upgrading from 4.1 to 4.2, time?:

                                  @PetroRie I pulled the plug, reinstalled from a backup. Took out all experimental stuff and source installs, and tried again. Still took 4 hrs.

                                  Maybe it's your SD card. What kind of SD card are you using? Is this the first time that you're using the update option or did you update in the past too?

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                                    edm203 @PetroRie
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                                    @PetroRie It's the first time I ever have done this. My microSD card is class 4 which might explain the slowness.

                                    Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B
                                    Power Supply used: 2.5 amp power supply
                                    RetroPie Version Used: 4.2.10
                                    Built From: Premade from Retropie website
                                    USB Devices connected: 4x ibuffalo snes controllers

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                                      PetroRie @edm203
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                                      @edm203 said in Upgrading from 4.1 to 4.2, time?:

                                      @PetroRie It's the first time I ever have done this. My microSD card is class 4 which might explain the slowness.

                                      That could explain it, I think you might fight this article interesting:

                                      https://www.howtogeek.com/189897/how-to-buy-an-sd-card-speed-classes-sizes-and-capacities-explained/

                                      For RetroPie they recommend to use a class 10 card.

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                                        edm203 @PetroRie
                                        last edited by

                                        @PetroRie Thanks for the article. Aside from the slow update, games load and run perfectly.

                                        Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B
                                        Power Supply used: 2.5 amp power supply
                                        RetroPie Version Used: 4.2.10
                                        Built From: Premade from Retropie website
                                        USB Devices connected: 4x ibuffalo snes controllers

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                                          PetroRie @edm203
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                                          @edm203 said in Upgrading from 4.1 to 4.2, time?:

                                          @PetroRie Thanks for the article. Aside from the slow update, games load and run perfectly.

                                          Just out of curiosity whats your internet speed?

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                                            edm203
                                            last edited by

                                            60mb down, 25mb up. It's fast enough.

                                            Pi Model or other hardware: Pi3B
                                            Power Supply used: 2.5 amp power supply
                                            RetroPie Version Used: 4.2.10
                                            Built From: Premade from Retropie website
                                            USB Devices connected: 4x ibuffalo snes controllers

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