cannot backup retropi image with win32imager

peggytam009

pi model: raspberry pi 3 model b+
retropi image source: latest stable 4.6 build from retropi official site

following the guide I tried to backup a retropi image with win32imager, but it keeps failing due to it being picky with my sd cards, or maybe my usb port is not giving enough power.

so I kept followed the guide and tried option 2, which is to copy my entire "home" folder on the ext4 partition, to the new retropi sd card. to my horror, however, upon booting the new installation I found that all the installed emulators are gone, even though the guide inferred that we can supposedly preserve all our emulators and settings that way.

all I want to do is make a premade image of retropi with flycast already installed. that's all I ever wanted

please help me, what should I do?

ps: I tried to use the terminal to make a backup of my pi image, but it does not seem to do anything, my usb drive runs hot but is nonrespondsive.

can someone help me make a retropi image with just flycast already installed? please teach me how to do it. thank you!

mitu

@peggytam009 said in cannot backup retropi image with win32imager:

so I kept followed the guide and tried option 2, which is to copy my entire "home" folder on the ext4 partition, to the new retropi sd card.

Which guide tells you that ?

however, upon booting the new installation I found that all the installed emulators are gone, even though the guide inferred that we can supposedly preserve all our emulators and settings that way.

The emulators are not installed in /home.

What error do you get from Win32Diskimager ?

peggytam009

@mitu
here is the error message in win32diskimager

read error 1.0
An error occurred when attempting to read data from handle.
error2: the system Cannot find the file specified

the guide I used was from retropi site, titled : Updating-RetroPie/making-a-backup-option-1

I try to post a link to it earlier but it was flagged as spam

So Where can I find the folder where flycast Is stored?

For the record I tried to manually backup all the folders on the sd card earlier, using a SFTP program with SSH enabled, but some of the folders such as the dev folder, had locked files inside so the transfer process failed.

does ubuntu work with the retropi file system I wonder? it would use up a lot of my phone's data plan to download it though

wmarcio

I not @mitu, but i can try help...

So Where can I find the folder where flycast Is stored?

ALL cores is stored in: /opt/retropie/libretrocores

For the record I tried to manually backup all the folders on the sd card earlier, using a SFTP program with SSH enabled, but some of the folders such as the dev folder, had locked files inside so the transfer process failed.

U need root permissions on system folders, need to enable root acount, in terminal type: sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Edit: PermitRootLogin yes
Control X, Y, enter to save new file.
Back on terminal type:
sudo passwd
And set new password for sudo user, NO VISUAL FEEDBACK ON TYPING.
Fire your sftp program on login with user: sudo and password you created early.

does ubuntu work with the retropi file system I wonder? it would use up a lot of my phone's data plan to download it though

Yes, u can use Lubuntu 18.4 to access retropie fs and do a backup.

Ahhhh u need to backup the configs folder on /opt/retropie/config

peggytam009

@wmarcio

Thank you so much for your suggestion I will try and see if I can get all of this working

thank you so much again for your help