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    Emulation Station stuck on dos screen

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      lynxdbe
      last edited by

      Hello,
      I tried to load a large amount of roms from a usb and now I am stuck at a dos screen, after emulation station tries to load. Unfortunately. I am going to post a very similar picture of what I am seeing. If anyone could help getting past this, it would be greatly appreciated!

      https://www.google.com/search?q=retropie+emulationstation+not+loading&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNo-e7vcfaAhUGiqwKHXghAu4Q_AUIDSgE&biw=1600&bih=794#imgrc=kjk7xfsFp730RM

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      • jonnykeshJ
        jonnykesh @lynxdbe
        last edited by jonnykesh

        @lynxdbe Details! Some random pic from google tells people FA!

        Edit. Any doctors on here? What about this mole?

        0_1524181801602_skin-mole-1-300x300.jpg

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        • BenMcLeanB
          BenMcLean
          last edited by

          LOL, I wish I had a good single-board computer that could run DOS natively. Unfortunately, the current ones are all ARM-based and can only run x86 code through emulation.

          The good news for you is that you're at a linux prompt, not a DOS prompt. You should be able to just type "emulationstation" to get Emulation Station running again.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @lynxdbe
            last edited by

            @lynxdbe Hm, looks like you filled up your SD card and ES cannot write the gamelist files. Just before the command prompt where the whole thing stops, there are some info about your system, one of which is how much free space your disk has (/dev/root). If the free space is close to 0%, then you'll need to free up some space.

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @lynxdbe
              last edited by

              @lynxdbe we need to see an actual pic so we can see the error message at the top.

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