@dsfrancis got my controllers configured. Now I just need to apply my shaders and I'm set.

... 1) https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive 2) http://mardell.me/blog/how-to-load-roms-from-a-usb-drive-on-retropie/. Both links had about the same steps

no they don't. 1) says to not edit your es_system.cfg file, but 2) exclusively says that. they're entirely different approaches. we only recommend method 1).

doing some of hybrid of both methods will break everything. you need to reverse everything you've done and start again.

I am having the same issue above, not finding retro pie on the desk top, after the blue folder.

@daeks Thanks for the suggestion Daeks. I have created a pull request for the changes needed to show .cue files and will look into integration of my toolkit into the web app. Thanks again for the suggestion.

@Dominus said in Backup from Pi3 to Pi2?:

Nope did it myself. Bought a Pi3 for a present, fixed it all up, and I just want to be able to copy that image to my old Pi2. Thanks for the info, I will try updating after I've written the image.

One more thing, if you sent up a Manual overclock on the Pi3, you'll want to probably edit the bood config.txt or it might cause issues on the Pi2 as it can't run at those speeds.

Again, I haven't do it that way, but I dod go from a Pi2 to a Pi3 and it kept my "screaming" 1000 Mhz overclock on the Pi3 until I manually edited the boot config.

@Radioaktive In the strictest sense, distributing a ROM is illegal, so the RetroPie community cannot distribute an image with the ROMs preloaded. In practice, most ROMs are effectively abandonware and are easy to find online. Many sites have full collections of every ROM for a given system.

However, it is important to not cultivate any perception that RetroPie is used for anything illegal because we don't want this project being shut down (even though emulators and ROMs have been around for ages without being shut down).

You won't find anyone here who will link to ROMs themselves, or a SD image with the ROMs preloaded. However, I wouldn't be shocked if a preloaded image existed somewhere out there. And frankly it isn't that hard to copy the ROMs over.

For whatever city you live in, there is probably a LUG (Linux User Group) where someone locally is probably willing to help set up the Pi for your son for Christmas. For example, here is my local LUG.

http://www.olug.org/

@mrbwa1 Great, I'll pickup a 64GB SD card. Thanks for your help.

After a bit of playing around I managed to get the Pi Zero working - By updating all the packages and emulation station, it all boots up fine now. Problem solved.

Thanks

Yes I like that thanks. Now I just need to figure out how to turn my 128GB SDcard with the 32GB image back into a 128GB card seems to only see the 32GB. I did already try the extend storage option in the one menu.

This is an Ultra series card. Extreme series cards yield much better throughput on the Pi. It appears to be discounted today as well however, though still at a premium compared to the ultra series.

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-microSDXC-Adapter-SDSQXVF-128G-GN6MA/dp/B01DYN4VPE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480094407&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+extreme+128gb

@obsidianspider That worked perfectly many thanks

After imaging a new SD card the HDMI picture came back on my monitor and all is good in the world.

In case anyone has this problem and looks at this post in the future...

If you have no signal on your monitor theres no green flashing light (data read activity) next to the red light (power) on your RPi circuit board your SD card is bad - re-image another one and you will get your signal back on your monitor.

Hi BuZz,

Thank you very much for your remark, I was inserting the SD in the wrong raspberry :(

It's indeed a 1B ! So we can close this topic.

Best regards,

@Graboid no problem, glad to help, only knew because I posted it a few days ago! :)

Try another card. Maybe the one you are trying is not compatible!!!!

Wow I feel so dumb, i guess I forgot it was a different image for those.

Thanks!

Yeah, I'd pull the SD card out completely and try to boot. You can then check the status lights.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58151

I'd wipe it, for good measure.

Hi,

If you have overclocked your Raspberry Pi at all, the first thing I'd suggest it removing all overclock settings and seeing how the system runs.

Secondly, I'd check that your power supply is up to the job: Looking after your Raspberry Pi – Part 1: The importance of a quality power supply (PSU)

Whether or not you have overclocking enabled, the following guides will allow you to stress/stability test the cpu, ram, and sd storage.

Part 1: Overclocking the Raspberry Pi
Part 2: Stress testing the CPU with mprime
Part 3: Stress testing the RAM with Memtester
Part 4: Stress testing the SD card storage with the Stability Test Script

Regarding the appearance of the yellow square, overheating is common on the Pi 3, however the single-core nature of the emulators in RetroPie generally means this doesn't become a problem - for more information, please see:
Overclocking the Raspberry Pi 3: Thermal Limits and Optimising for Single vs Multicore Performance

Please note that soak testing is important - I found some stability issues that were uncovered only when running these tests for up to 24 hours (that said, for any serious instability these tests will reveal problems far more quickly)