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      unable to get 2TB drive to work on Nespi4 and manual mount

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      Playing all videos in splashscreen

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      Pi only boots with ethernet connected

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      AshpoolA

      @tjuk though I fear that @mitu may be right here, two tests for that come to mind: 1st what happens if you just plug in an unconnected cable and 2nd have you tried any other OS besides retropie (Edit: ok, strictly speaking RetroPie ain't an OS - but I'll guess everyone understood what I meant :] ) ?

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      Help when booting up retropie

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      ClydeC

      How exactly did you check the memory? Fake cards report a bigger size than they actually are. You'll only notice it after you write more than their actual size to them, as the exceeding data will be lost, often without any error messages if the fake card was done well.

      If you can boot to RetroPie's command line, you can try to install the tool f3 and test the card with that:

      sudo apt install f3 # install the tool cd # change to home directory makedir test # create a test directory f3write test # write 1 GB sized test files until the card is full f3read test # read the files' test patterns rm -r test # remove the test directory

      It will test the actual amount of data that can successfully be written to the card and read again.

    • sad_musoS

      Still got system messages on boot

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      ClydeC

      @ClassicGMR That's another rule: "Never do anything stupid without a backup (including not making the backup)."

    • theinkT

      Certain Dreamcast Games not loading

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      theinkT

      Ok I understood what was happening.
      There were two more optional Dreamcast emulators that I missed installing.

      The games that were not booting in the Reicast run well on the other two. :)

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      I'm having an issue booting my RPi1 B.

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      @mitu I ended up figuring it out (by accident), I had 2 partitions on the SD card. Even though there was only one named root it was confusing the system. I was using the image for pi 0/1 and had imaged the card with Win32DiskImager.

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      How to boot directly in to Amiga emulation?

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      mituM

      You mean instead of starting EmulationStation on boot ? If so, then edit the /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh file and add your own command before the emulationstation #auto line.
      To determine which is the correct command line, you can use either the advice from the Docs or just start your game, then open /dev/shm/runcommand.log and see the actual command line used to launch it.

    • RobbobbR

      Retropie Won't boot on Raspberry Pi 4

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      RobbobbR

      @LiveFreeDead
      Okay, I understand that. Thank you for the replies.

    • MaMikeeM

      Boot directly into game?

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      cyperghostC

      @MaMikee Or this one
      two thoughts auto boot retropie into a game or into a slideshow
      Recently asked

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      retropie not booting, boths lights on

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      ClydeC

      Hello and welcome to this forum.

      Please provide us with all of the information that is asked for in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to help us pinpoint the problem.

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      Problem booting

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      mituM

      @deadherring Looks fine. ApplePi Baker will write the image without the need to format (I don't think it knows to format the card).

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      pi@retropie:~$

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      M

      @mitu ok. I don't know how, but I'll look it up

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      Cannot configure controller on first boot

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      @buzz
      As I said above "I had to unplug and repower it up, then Retropie won't reboot?"
      Therefore, getting any kind of log is not possible.
      This person seems to have the exact same issue I'm having so I didn't think it would hurt to jump on the thread.

      I'm trying again today, with a new Retropie, and I'm repeating the same issue. I'm taking your advice and being very patient a giving it plenty of time...

      Yes,,, I think it's doing something.... I got a black screen now.... I'm being patient... it's not doing anything except being a black screen for a few minutes....

      SUCCESS! I hit the "b" button and Retropie is there.

      Thanks for your help.

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      Node XXXXXXXXXXX contains garbage clear, yes? continuously is spammed on bootup

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      For anyone else that is having this issue i have discovered the solution.
      install retropie 4.0 rather than 4.3 and simply update the setup software from on the pi rather than when mounting the micro sd card.

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      Retropie Manager won't start on boot!

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      rbakerR

      @tylerx Retropie Manager is an unofficial addon and people seem to be having many issues with it. I have used it though - did you follow this?
      Also,

      Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

      which you agreed to do.

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      Terminal output text during boot (in between RP and ES logo screens)

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      ClydeC

      @shareef Thanks for sharing your solution.

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      NBA JAM

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      M

      Thanks very much

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      Nothing happens

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      TMNTturtlguyT

      @Mr.-Pig you can't just extract the image to the SD card. Read the documents on this page on how to install. You need to write the image to the SD card so it becomes a bootable disc. This is basically the first thing in the documents. It looks like you haven't read them at all.