Retropie-kernel panic-not syncing: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,2)

mr315

@jonnykesh Bought on the internet.
I bought another one now, and it worked fine. SanDisk Ultra 64gb. Thanks for all.

jonnykesh

@mr315 I use Amazon or an actual physical shop when buying larger SD cards. At least then you have some comeback and a 1 year warranty.

Seedname101

I have a similar problem.
Raspberry Pi 2 b
San Disk Ultra 32GB
RetroPie 4.4.4
Using Balena Etcher on mac (flashed through retropie4.4.4.img...)
A couple of usb drives (not used all at the same time) , a keyboard, wireless usb controllers, wifi dongle.
Generic xbox controllers (xpad driver)
Error messages received: kernel panic-not syncing: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,2)
Emulator: ES/Retropie
Turning the retropie on.

The only thing that makes this different is that I have a pretty good idea on how this happened. I was using a usb- micro sdhc adapter drive to transfer (4876) games at once. Also, I overclocked my retropie around lunch. These two factors MOST LIKELY caused this to happen and I want to keep my games... since I have over 10,000, So re writing it or formatting it isn't an option. Also, my usb keyboard wont work because of the error. All of my usb ports are useless. I wouldnt only like my games though. I did a ton of programming on it and have TONS of stuff like background music, custom loading screens, game launch screens, etc., I also wonder if there is a file on the sd card that has all of that on it, so I can just use a new image and take that. Thanks in advance!

BuZz

@Seedname101 please follow the guidelines agreed when signing up. This thread is from 2017. Please create a new topic.

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