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    Flashing recalbox and roms onto new sd card?

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    • supernature2k
      supernature2k @hughesadam87 last edited by

      @hughesadam87

      Never done that but it may be quite easy.

      There are tools to create images of a drive and then burn it on another device (ghosting).

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      • hughesadam87
        hughesadam87 @supernature2k last edited by

        @supernature2k Do you think state information like my network settings would screw up when flashed over? Or would recalbox OS simply wipe them when my buddy's wifi connects.

        I will try it out and report my findings, thanks!

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        • supernature2k
          supernature2k @hughesadam87 last edited by

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          If that's a clone, all settings will remain.

          Result will be if network is not found, Recalbox won't connect. They will just have to fill their correct NW info for Wifi (via ES interface with a keyboard).

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          • Brad
            Brad last edited by

            I followed this method for cloning a 16GB SD card on a Mac - https://computers.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-clone-raspberry-pi-sd-cards-using-the-command-line-in-os-x--mac-59911

            It seemed to work ok but I noticed that the roms didn't copy over and it seems the config is set back to default (for example, the 360 controller light was flashing instead of being on player 1).

            Any ideas?

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            • Substring
              Substring last edited by

              We can't stress enough to use USB sticks for storage. Making images has the despicable habbit of freezing partitions size. So, if you flash your 32GB on a 64GB, it's useless.

              If you want to switch to a USB stick, it's quite easy if you're ready to run a few commands to sync your key with your SD (i.e. copy everything useful). Then, you'd just need to copy the key, up to them to prepare the SD card.

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              • Brad
                Brad @Substring last edited by Brad

                @Substring Thanks - makes sense and will definitely look to do that in the future.

                Would you have any ideas why though cloning from a 16GB card to a 16GB card results in the roms not being copied over? The partitions look the same once the clone is finished but the partition with the roms is smaller on the cloned card. Perhaps because Mac OSX can't read the EXT4 partition natively?

                Details below.

                Cloned card:

                /dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
                #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
                0: FDisk_partition_scheme *15.5 GB disk2
                1: Windows_FAT_16 RECOVERY 649.8 MB disk2s1
                2: Linux 33.6 MB disk2s5
                3: Windows_FAT_32 boot 62.9 MB disk2s6
                4: Linux 2.1 GB disk2s7
                5: Linux 12.7 GB disk2s8

                Source card:

                /dev/disk2 (internal, physical):
                #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
                0: FDisk_partition_scheme *15.9 GB disk2
                1: Windows_FAT_16 RECOVERY 649.8 MB disk2s1
                2: Linux 33.6 MB disk2s5
                3: Windows_FAT_32 boot 62.9 MB disk2s6
                4: Linux 2.1 GB disk2s7
                5: Linux 13.1 GB disk2s8

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                • Substring
                  Substring @Brad last edited by

                  @Brad cloning through .img has nothing to do with partitions or file systems. For instance, win32 disk imager can perfectly clone Recalbox SD cards. So a img is supposed to be a true bit-to-bit image. Now I wonder if you're doing it the right way .... Alas, i can't help you on mac OS

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                  • paradadf
                    paradadf Staff last edited by paradadf

                    @Brad I had one user that had the same problem, and everything ended up being a problem of the built-in card reader. Using an external reader solved it.

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                    • Brad
                      Brad last edited by Brad

                      Thanks for the help. It turns out that the Sandisk 16GB micro SD cards bought from different stores were reporting different storage capacities - one being 14.4GB and the other 14.8GB. Both are confirmed as genuine but with different manufacturing dates - one June 2016 and the other October 2016 and from different locations - China and Taiwan.

                      I ended up just rebuilding the Recalbox on the second card.

                      Thanks again.

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                      • hughesadam87
                        hughesadam87 last edited by

                        I'm going to try this on wednesday using the configuraiton sold on recalbox website (the Vilros 32gb kit) and report back. Glad to see others have been thinking about this.

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