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    raspi issues?

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    • K
      kandodh
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      I am using a 16gig micro sd card. when i loaded retropie and got everything going i am only able o access less then 100 mb of it that i can see. i tried using raspi-config to expand it to give me space to load other things i need. (ie loading kernal for a lcd screen) i keep getting a -y error and not ale to find kernal after putting it on the card. i can only guess space issue. i have spent 2 weeks and redone retropie 4 times. what am i doing wrong?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        @kandodh said in raspi issues?:

        i am only able o access less then 100 mb of it that i can see

        How are you checking this ?
        The RetroPie image automatically expands the usable space to the whole SD size on the first start, so you shouldn't need to manually expand again the filesystem.

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          MoX
          last edited by

          One thing I learned is the retropie setup on Linux creates partitions on the sd card and Windows cannot see them.

          If you wanted to format your card back to a format Windows can see (which would be the 16gb)

          Please visit

          https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.howtogeek.com/170794/ask-htg-how-can-i-reclaim-the-full-capacity-of-an-sd-card/amp/

          No extra programs needed.

          Hope this helps

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