@sugarfree said in Verifying write failed using Rpi Imager:

bad card reader

In my case a faulty card reader.

I just tried with my fork on a Rpi5 to create a Rpi3 image.

The warnings in creating the chroot image (your step 5) can be ignored.
xpad and usbmount fail with an error but these can be re-installed on the real Pi3 if needed.

When the final image creation (your step 6) fails with something like

device-mapper: reload ioctl on loop0p2 (254:1) failed: Invalid argument create/reload failed on loop0p2

just run it again.

@abj Thank so much!!!

@Ashpool That worked. Having trouble setting up my controller, but I think it's stupid user error :)

Thanks a lot!

@retropieuser555 that's absolutely brilliant - thank you so much!

It appears that the original installation was done in Linux for some reason, so at least this way I can have a fiddle around and try to learn how it all works :)

Thanks once again - I'll get right on it.

Thank you.

@buzz Thank you! Flashed and booted perfectly.

@bigbay you are welcomed.
If you need any help creating your own image feel free to ask here.
There are resources and options to build a gernan based image.
I.e. you are even able to set some arcade games from Atari and Capcom (Dungeons and Dragons, Aliens vs. Predator, Xybots,...) to german language.
Get ready for "Münze einwerfen!" :D ("insert coin!")

@mindwave

Win32DiskImager is what I use as well to backup my RPi images.

This site has an easy to follow guide: https://howchoo.com/g/nmexndnlmdb/how-to-back-up-a-raspberry-pi-on-windows

@mitu thx

@aimbit said in Flashing (outdated?) image to a new Pi 4 - Error Message on boot (Req. new software):

Is this something I can update on there, make a new backup image, and flash to my newer pi?

Update your system from the RetroPie-Setup on the old system - say yes when asked to update the included kernel and OS packages - then transfer again a backup to the new system.

@Boozina said in Cant install Pi4 images:

Used Images from Arcade Punks

We don't support 3rd party images. Use the Pi4 image from retropie.org.uk/download and it will work.

@BuZz editing /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand.cfg did the trick, thankyou! :-)

@IceRook88 see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/ - we only support the images referred to here (ie https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/#download)

Next to mame2003, I can recommend its enhanced fork mame2003-plus and another arcade emulator called Final Burn Neo that is under ongoing development. But beware that every emulator needs its very own romset for the games to work, see Validating, Rebuilding, and Filtering Arcade ROMs.

@hhromic interesting! i've added the info from this thread to the docs: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Docs/pull/15

we do not support third party images.