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    Unsolved 128GB SDXC card help needed for recalbox installation

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    • fridayshoes
      fridayshoes last edited by

      I've been using a 32GB microSD for recalbox for a few months but I ran out of space for roms so I started looking for something bigger. So, I bought a Kingston 128GB micro SDXC card from Amazon. It came formatted as exFAT, so I used minitool to delete the partition and created a 128GB FAT32 partition instead. I then extracted the recalbox.zip download to the card and put it in my raspberry pi2 to install the OS, but when I switch the Rpi2 on to install recalbox nothing happens, the screen just stays black (My old 32GB card still boots recalbox as normal if I use that instead) Is there a special way to partition the 128GB micro SDXC card? Or a workaround? Best regards

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      • ?
        Guest last edited by

        Add more rom to usb or hdd like /usb/roms/snes or /usb/roms/psx

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        • fridayshoes
          fridayshoes last edited by

          Oh okay, I didn't know that was possible, so I assume I just create that /usb/roms/xxx directory structure on a usb stick and recalbox will see it and pick it up.

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          • fridayshoes
            fridayshoes last edited by

            Okay I tried this and the recalbox doesn't seem to be seeing the USB stick, it's a 64GB stick and formatted FAT32, I added the directory structured as advised and added some gamegear and lynx roms but they don't show in the main menu Should I be able to see the USB drive in the recalbox network drive too?

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            • voljega
              voljega Banned last edited by

              Yeah what Criiz said is false and has nothing to do with your problem. so do you still have a problem with your 128go sd card ? What is its manufacturer and model ?

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              • fridayshoes
                fridayshoes last edited by

                Information on the card is as follows:   Kingston 128GB Micro SDXC CLASS 10 / U1 SDC10G2/128GB 31612-001.ADOLF E5X281528 TWLN002845671

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                • enlojane
                  enlojane last edited by

                  I'm not sure if it matters, but did you create a primary or a logical partition in minitool? It should be a primary, but I know that minitools defaults to logical in some cases.

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                  • fridayshoes
                    fridayshoes last edited by

                    Thanks so much that was exactly the problem, set it to primary and everything works great. Brilliant advice.

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                    • doubleailes
                      doubleailes last edited by

                      I'm using a microSDHC SanDisk Ultra 128Go. And i had the same issue. Changing to primary solved it. Thanks a lot!!

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