RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start
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@Eater_Of_Cheese I do however have an available 16 GB flash drive- should I install the image there and attempt a boot?
@mediamogul 4 raspberries on the screen at boot.
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@tygr20 said in RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start:
4 raspberries on the screen at boot.
Well, you've got the right image.
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What software do you use to flash images with and will it not read your spare card at all?
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@mediamogul Using Win32DiskImager. The spare card I have on hand doesn't show up in Windows at all. Windows never acknowledges it's been inserted whether through the onboard SD reader or a USB adapter.
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@tygr20 Just to be certain-you have reimaged the original microSD, right? That usually fixes the problems.
It is possible to boot off of a USB for retropie, and it might work.@mediamogul What? I consider ravens to be absolutely nothing like writing desks. See, if you said pelicans, I could agree.
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@Eater_Of_Cheese Yes- I shut down the Pi, pulled the card, put it in my Windows machine, removed all partitions, reformatted to FAT32, reimaged the same card. It works once, then goes kaput.
If I do boot from the USB, could I then use the SD slot for expansion storage?
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I do all my SD flashing on my Mac, but it will knowledge the existence of a volume, even if it can't mount it. I assumed this would also hold true for Windows.
What? I consider ravens to be absolutely nothing like writing desks. See, if you said pelicans, I could agree.
A perfect answer. I would have also accepted; "because there's a 'B' in both and an 'N' in neither".
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@tygr20
I'm not sure.
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@tygr20 said in RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start:
If I do boot from the USB, could I then use the SD slot for expansion storage?
I wouldn't go through all that if I were you. You shouldn't have to wait long before someone more familiar with Win32DiskImager comes along. I'm sure there's some way for it to read your extra card.
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@mediamogul I don't think the problem is with disk imager with the backup card. It doesn't appear in Windows, doesn't appear in an Android phone- I'm pretty sure that card is just hosed. :D
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@tygr20 said in RetroPie on Pi 3 boots to command line, cannot manually start:
I'm pretty sure that card is just hosed.
It could be. Is it not currently serving any function?
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Where did you purchase the card you're currently trying to use and was it unusually inexpensive?
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@mediamogul it was originally my main expansion for my tablet, and then stopped working. I can't get anything to recognize it.
Ok- so I'm not sure what happened... but apparently the system was eating the gui. When I went to double check that I wasn't set for a text boot, it asked me to apt-get install a package. Sitting here thinking, it installed, I commanded emulationstation and it fired right up. What?
Edit: Bought from Amazon direct, wasn't unusually cheap.
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Is it now loading Emulation Station on successive reboots?
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@mediamogul Yes, verified 4 times. I'm stunned.
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Just don't question the miracle and be prepared to offer tribute to each full moon from here on out and you should be ok.
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@mediamogul preparing the goat as we speak. Thanks guys! What a fantastic community!
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