Accidentally uninstalled default theme on Pi Zero

BennySpaceCore

@backstander alright, so right now im trying to download and install raspbian to mount the usb, so this might take a while, ill update you when its ready to install on the usb

BennySpaceCore

@backstander For some reason it wont let me write raspbian on the USB drive, so later I might just take out the SD card of my Pi, and trying not to break it in the process, would I be able just to install a theme to the SD card it self? The reason I haven't tried doing this in the first place is that my casing it very tight and it might be difficult taking out the SD card without breaking anything since everything is so close.

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
I'm not sure why you're installing Raspbian on the USB drive.
You need to install Raspbian on the USB drive. RetroPie should be able to read a Windows/FAT formatted USB drive. Also (I've never tried it but) I believe it can read Windows/NTFS formatted drives as well.

BennySpaceCore

@backstander i just read that is a way to mount a USB drive for raspberry pi

is there a better way i can mount it that you know of?

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
I'm pretty sure that RetroPie/raspbian auto-mounts USB flash drives right after you plug them in.

BennySpaceCore

@backstander thats strange, because if retropie does auto-mount then i have run into a problem, it says it cant find the directory when i put it in the commands.

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
I'm not at my RPi so I'm just going off memory here again lol
Okay so to mount the USB drive try this:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1

BennySpaceCore

@backstander ok ill go try!

BennySpaceCore

@backstander the message I got was mount: mount point /mnt/usb1 does not exist. I typed the whole thing in at once, was I not supposed to do that?

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
Okay type this first:
sudo mkdir /mnt/usb1

BennySpaceCore

@backstander Ok let me do that

BennySpaceCore

@BennySpaceCore ok, after i typed it nothing popped up after, should i do the rest of the commands you gave me earlier?

BennySpaceCore

@backstander right now i have to go, i will come back in a bit and try the next thing, just wanted to say thanks for helping me out!

backstander

@BennySpaceCore

ok, after i typed it nothing popped up after, should i do the rest of the commands you gave me earlier?

Yes

This command mounts your USB drive
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb1

This creates a home "themes" directory (only do this once)
mkdir /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes (if this directory is not already there)

This copies the "pixel" theme from your USB drive to your "themes" directory
cp -R /mnt/usb1/pixel /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/

BennySpaceCore

@backstander so close yet so far http://m.imgur.com/y4mrdek

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
Can you read that USB drive in Windows? (are you using Windows or Mac OS X?)

BTW, I just plugged in a USB drive into my RPi and it auto-mounted it at /media/usb0

BennySpaceCore

@backstander yeah i have windows, should i use the name that it has in windows?

backstander

@BennySpaceCore
Yeah try that instead. You can also type ls /media/usb0 just to see if "pixel" shows up on the list.

BennySpaceCore

@backstander alright ill try different things

BennySpaceCore

@backstander oh my god it worked, thank you so much, I have one last question, can you help me replace the splash screen with the pixel one that's in the pixel theme folder? If not that's fine, it just would be nice for everything to match.