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    Problems with some PSX roms

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    • V
      VahnXDean
      last edited by

      @markyh444 i will try to find this tool, i just need to see which roms are there, so i can download them again.

      what i should search? tool .img linux on windows?

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      • markyh444M
        markyh444 @VahnXDean
        last edited by

        @vahnxdean I've got no idea.

        Retropie in a NES - Pi 3 with Mausberry circuit shutdown switch wired to buttons and 8bitdo NesPro30 controller
        Retropie in a Saturn Controller - Pi Zero, GPIO controls using DB9 driver
        Retropie in a PSX - Pi3
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        • SanoS
          Sano
          last edited by

          Best option is to use a linux live distro.
          Then use fdisk -l to spot the offsets of the partitions and mount it with correct options (see here : https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/13137/how-can-i-mount-a-raspberry-pi-linux-distro-image), or use kpartx.

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          • chipsnblipC
            chipsnblip @VahnXDean
            last edited by

            @vahnxdean or if you are willing to set up a linux-based virtual machine, you can mount the image partitions from a terminal like this for example:

            display partitions on the image:

            sudo fdisk -l /path/to/image.img
            

            multiply the block size (eg. 512 bytes) by the starting sector (eg. 124928) and you have your offset:

            expr 512 \* 124928
            

            make temp directory to mount the partition:

            sudo mkdir /mnt/tmp
            

            finally mount the partition:

            sudo mount -o loop,offset=63963136 /path/to/image.img  /mnt/tmp
            

            when you create the virtual hard disk, be sure it's large enough to hold the OS, the .img (unless it's stored in a shared folder on the host OS), and the mounted partition(s). a live distro as mentioned above is a good option.

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            • SanoS
              Sano
              last edited by

              Busted :D
              But you definitely deserve an upvote here :)

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              • BuZzB
                BuZz administrators @chipsnblip
                last edited by BuZz

                @chipsnblip You can make this a little simpler without having to work out offsets by using kpartx

                eg

                kpartx -a /path/to/image
                

                more info: http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Mounting_Disk_Images#kpartx

                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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                • SanoS
                  Sano
                  last edited by

                  Aaaaahhh.
                  After a few months not posting here, I realize I really missed this feeling of being invisible sometimes :)
                  Just joking guys, nice to post here again !

                  Back to the topic, I sometimes do a ls -R /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ > roms.txtin order to have a listing of all roms in my setup, in case of emergency.

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                  • chipsnblipC
                    chipsnblip @BuZz
                    last edited by

                    @buzz thank, never knew about that. i found kpartx in the package 'multipath-tools' in the AUR

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                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by

                      @chipsnblip It's a useful tool. I only discovered it last year or so, and much simplified my scripts for building images etc.

                      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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                      • V
                        VahnXDean
                        last edited by

                        Man, i know nothing about Linux, so i think i will just leave this backup away and download my roms, there aren't many roms anyway, so no problem with that.
                        Would like to thank everyone, my retropie is running perfectly now:
                        @mitu
                        @jonnykesh
                        @markyh444
                        @Sano
                        @chipsnblip
                        @BuZz

                        Dont know what is more awesome, raspberry/retropie itself or its community :)

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