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9:10 am
Arcade Punk
November 6, 2019
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Hello folks. I just got the build and unpacked but when I go to used BalenaEtcher to mount the image onto a 256gb micro sd card, it won’t let me write to the card because it is too small for the image. By how much? 1mb lol. Is there something I am not doing right? I’ve done this many times in the past with no issues. I know it said in the description that this is meant for a USB stick, but should work on a micro sd card. If this is for the Steam Deck, should have no problem creating this on a micro sd card.
7:04 pm
Arcade Punk
October 15, 2022
Offline I had the same issue, using a genuine Samsung EVO Select 256gb (so it’s not just you!)
I know this doesn’t help, but it means it’s not just a one-off 🙂
7:25 am
May 14, 2015
Offline Its worth noting this may not fit on your 256gb microsd card, so you may need a bigger one or USB, you can then expand the image to use ALL the space (to add games) as shown in this youtube short.
1:56 pm
Ken
December 28, 2022
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Hello from Greece. Is there any way to shrink the .img file to fit in a 256gb microsd?
Thanks in advance.
P.S. GREAT JOB !!!!
7:58 am
Ken
May 3, 2020
Offline Didn’t realize this is a 256+ gb memory card. After i put on a 512gb card it works great and love it. Very nice!
10:10 am
Ken
October 9, 2017
Offline how did you get it to work, i spent ages writing the image onto a 512gb sd card and it only shows as 6gb card and batocera is 4gb it runs on the deck but only 2 games and nothing else i have done this twice wasted a morning and nothing has changed. i used rasberry pi imager.
many thanks
8:37 am
Ken
September 27, 2022
Offline Just to confirm – image is too large for Samsung EVO 256GB so had to write it to a 512GB instead. It works well so far but frustratingly slightly too large for the average 256GB; if anyone does have success then please name the card (we will probably need to do this for the 1TB image too !)
9:51 am
May 14, 2015
Offline Dane Bowers said
Just to confirm – image is too large for Samsung EVO 256GB so had to write it to a 512GB instead. It works well so far but frustratingly slightly too large for the average 256GB; if anyone does have success then please name the card (we will probably need to do this for the 1TB image too !)
on the 1tb steam deck build its confirmed working on certain sd card:-
….this has been tested with original 1tb Sandisk MicroSD Cards and works, anything else hasn’t been tested….
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