07-18-2018, 01:24 AM
Oh, yes. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. Using a new image will completely overwrite anything on the SD card and you would definitely lose games/savegames/settings/etc.
You have a few options:
1) Back up your games/savegames/settings/etc., make a new SD image, and add the games/savegames/settings/etc. to the new SD.
2) Run all the updates and then fix anything that went wrong.
3) Leave it alone. I think this is what most people do, but, of course, some people want the latest/greatest when it comes out.
#1 isn't always as easy as it should be. Most of the things you care about will be in the /home/pi/RetroPie folder. You can copy/backup most of that stuff from the old image. The settings are more difficult, because new software may use different configs or whatever.
#2 can be tricky for multiple reasons. There was a while where RetroPie was recommending starting with the latest SD image instead of upgrading/updating. As for our Freeplay LCD drivers, there isn't anything that is kernel-specific there. LCD things should work fine after upgrading. It's just the joystick/button driver that has issues after a kernel upgrade.
You could always make a backup image of your SD card (or grab a new SD card) and try either #1 or #2. Linux stuff like this is never quite as easy/seamless as Mac/Windows updates (which aren't always 100% seamless either).
You have a few options:
1) Back up your games/savegames/settings/etc., make a new SD image, and add the games/savegames/settings/etc. to the new SD.
2) Run all the updates and then fix anything that went wrong.
3) Leave it alone. I think this is what most people do, but, of course, some people want the latest/greatest when it comes out.
#1 isn't always as easy as it should be. Most of the things you care about will be in the /home/pi/RetroPie folder. You can copy/backup most of that stuff from the old image. The settings are more difficult, because new software may use different configs or whatever.
#2 can be tricky for multiple reasons. There was a while where RetroPie was recommending starting with the latest SD image instead of upgrading/updating. As for our Freeplay LCD drivers, there isn't anything that is kernel-specific there. LCD things should work fine after upgrading. It's just the joystick/button driver that has issues after a kernel upgrade.
You could always make a backup image of your SD card (or grab a new SD card) and try either #1 or #2. Linux stuff like this is never quite as easy/seamless as Mac/Windows updates (which aren't always 100% seamless either).
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