Open Skeeve opened 2 months ago
Thanks for this, I’ve been using win10 developer preview under UTM to run Rufus on my Mac. Works well, but I’d prefer a native solution. Will give this a try.
Thank you! This worked well on Balena + Linux as well. :)
Legend! you saved me hours trying to figure it out! Thank you loads!
Hey @Skeeve I've followed along here with the latest build for RG40XXV: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oR5I-XTuUWBGBrFrqGED4gvpCWiB_WJR, but unfortunately the ROMS partition was never created, what device did you try this for?
Hey @Skeeve I've followed along here with the latest build for RG40XXV:
I have an RG35XX H. But my instructions do not take care for creating any partitions. The partitions have to be there in the first place. The instructions are only here to clean up the partition table and its backup data.
So if there was no ROM partition after you "burned" the sdcard, so when it wasn't shown after entering "p", it, for sure, will not be there after you wrote the partition table.
@Skeeve hmmm... I'm working with some unknowns here, but if p is the partition table and the cbepx-me is expected to create a ROM partition as well, shouldn't you also have a ROM partition within the table? I have the same table as the one in the screenshot but when I load up the SD Card to the computer I am only seeing Volumn and not an additional volume to store the roms and saves in.
@Skeeve hmmm... I'm working with some unknowns here, but if p is the partition table and the cbepx-me is expected to create a ROM partition as well, shouldn't you also have a ROM partition within the table? I have the same table as the one in the screenshot but when I load up the SD Card to the computer I am only seeing Volumn and not an additional volume to store the roms and saves in.
Ahhh! Okay… I see, what you mean. No partition is called "ROM". If I'm not mistaken, the ROM partition should be the parttition 7.
But to be sure and as I wanted to update to the latest Version anyway, I will do that now and will update you.
@Skeeve hmmm... I'm working with some unknowns here, but if p is the partition table and the cbepx-me is expected to create a ROM partition as well, shouldn't you also have a ROM partition within the table? I have the same table as the one in the screenshot but when I load up the SD Card to the computer I am only seeing Volumn and not an additional volume to store the roms and saves in.
Ahhh! Okay… I see, what you mean. No partition is called "ROM". If I'm not mistaken, the ROM partition should be the parttition 7.
But to be sure and as I wanted to update to the latest Version anyway, I will do that now and will update you.
Sounds good! Thanks for being responsive. I haven't seen a lot of content out there for setting up these retro gaming devices with a Mac.
Sounds good! Thanks for being responsive. I haven't seen a lot of content out there for setting up these retro gaming devices with a Mac.
Just an update before I even started. This is the partition table of my sdcard before the update:
/dev/disk4 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *31.9 GB disk4
1: Microsoft Basic Data 67.1 MB disk4s1
2: Microsoft Basic Data Volumn 33.6 MB disk4s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 16.8 MB disk4s3
4: Microsoft Basic Data 67.1 MB disk4s4
5: Microsoft Basic Data 8.6 GB disk4s5
6: Microsoft Basic Data 4.3 GB disk4s6
7: Microsoft Basic Data 1.3 GB disk4s7
8: Microsoft Basic Data ROMS 17.2 GB disk4s8
(free space) 319.3 MB -
So it seems partition 8 is the ROMS partition and it really isn't there after flashing the card. The update process will create it.
Sounds good! Thanks for being responsive. I haven't seen a lot of content out there for setting up these retro gaming devices with a Mac.
So this is the partition table in gdisk after flashing:
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 73728 204799 64.0 MiB 0700 special
2 204800 270335 32.0 MiB 0700 boot-resource
3 270336 303103 16.0 MiB 0700 env
4 303104 434175 64.0 MiB 0700 boot
5 434176 15114239 7.0 GiB 0700 rootfs
6 15114240 23502847 4.0 GiB 0700 appfs
7 23502848 26163199 1.3 GiB 0700 UDISK
Steps when in device:
And this is the partition table after installation:
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 73728 204799 64.0 MiB 0700 special
2 204800 270335 32.0 MiB 0700 boot-resource
3 270336 303103 16.0 MiB 0700 env
4 303104 434175 64.0 MiB 0700 boot
5 434176 15114239 7.0 GiB 0700 rootfs
6 15114240 23502847 4.0 GiB 0700 appfs
7 23502848 26163199 1.3 GiB 0700 UDISK
8 26163200 61710335 17.0 GiB 0700 primary
Hope this helps.
Sounds good! Thanks for being responsive. I haven't seen a lot of content out there for setting up these retro gaming devices with a Mac.
So this is the partition table in gdisk after flashing:
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 73728 204799 64.0 MiB 0700 special 2 204800 270335 32.0 MiB 0700 boot-resource 3 270336 303103 16.0 MiB 0700 env 4 303104 434175 64.0 MiB 0700 boot 5 434176 15114239 7.0 GiB 0700 rootfs 6 15114240 23502847 4.0 GiB 0700 appfs 7 23502848 26163199 1.3 GiB 0700 UDISK
Steps when in device:
- Welcome
- Language
- Partitioning
- Copying Files
- Updating patch
- Installing
- System Settings
- Start
And this is the partition table after installation:
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 73728 204799 64.0 MiB 0700 special 2 204800 270335 32.0 MiB 0700 boot-resource 3 270336 303103 16.0 MiB 0700 env 4 303104 434175 64.0 MiB 0700 boot 5 434176 15114239 7.0 GiB 0700 rootfs 6 15114240 23502847 4.0 GiB 0700 appfs 7 23502848 26163199 1.3 GiB 0700 UDISK 8 26163200 61710335 17.0 GiB 0700 primary
Hope this helps.
Thanks! For now I ended up running Knulli on the RG40XXV while I spend more time to figure this out later. I ended up spending more time on these operating systems than actually enjoying the device until now.
First of all: Install
gdisk
vie homebrew.Type in terminal:
Then run Balena Etcher, taking note of the disk number you are flashing. Example: Here it is /
dev/disk7
After flashing, open the terminal again and run gdisk, giving you flashcard's disk number (/dev/disk7 in the example)
Then enter the commands
p
to view the partition table. It should look similar to the one in the screenshot belowx
for expert modee
for relocating the backup data structure to the end of the diskw
to write the changed datay
to confirm you want to writeAfter that you can eject the disk and continue on the device.