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In your case you were running the old updater, where the black screen issue is not fixed. You should run the downloader instead, never update.sh You should be able to update Linux without problem with the downloader. Let me know if that helps. No updater script works for me. I've tried update.sh, update_all.sh and downloader.sh, the latest version...

In short, there is a problem in update.sh that is solved in downloader.sh
Please, use downloader.sh

OK, so right now I have it booting again with the 20210917 boot and everything else latest-- performed a full update using scripts, system hangs at boot, ran the SD Card Utility within the 20210917 release and did "Update Boot", system boots fine again. I've also set update_linux = 'false' in downloader.ini. Are there any downsides to ru...

Solskogen wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 11:28 am To ensure that it won't happen again, I think adding

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sync 

before reboot should be enough.

That's not it, we had a couple of syncs before, after changing all the files. The old Updater has them too, and is still vulnerable to this problem.

I published some changes for tweaking the move operation and increasing the waiting time before reboot. The goal is trying to minimize the MiSTer and menu.rbf file corruption that has been rarely happening during the Linux & Main update process since the start of the old MiSTer Updater. Keep in mind, although the problem happens in all availab...

Could you share one of the following logs? (Or both if you have them)
- /media/fat/Scripts/.config/update_all/update_all.log after running update_all
- /media/fat/Scripts/.config/downloader/downloader.log after running downloader

Are you running the CIFS script?

Downloader: - Version 1.3 released. - Added support for database-scoped default options. - Added support for database-scoped options. - Old mister file is now saved in the root of the SD as .MiSTer.old. This prevents an error that affected some users of the cifs script. - Many improvements and fixes, check the CHANGELOG file at: https://github.com...

The Downloader 1.2 version was released last weekend. This version includes support for custom databases. This feature enables a way to integrate all kinds of file downloads inside the downloader. In order to take advantage of it, contributors will have to publish their databases. Once databases pop up in the community, users will be able to integr...

Downloader:

- Version 1.2 released.
- Added support for custom databases.
- Added database and path validations.
- Validation changes for options base_path and base_system_path. They now need to always start with /media/* otherwise downloader will show an error.
- Minor fixes.

It does not stop any longer but it looks like it switches (against my will) to the new downloader after the Unofficial cores updates: Running MiSTer Downloader START! Reading file: /media/fat/downloader.ini Reading 'distribution_mister' db section Reading 'jtcores' db section Reading 'theypsilon_unofficial_distribution' db section Reading 'arcade_...

It should be fixed now.

when i run downloader i get /root# downloader.sh Running MiSTer Downloader START! Reading file: /media/fat/downloader.ini Reading default db Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/dont_download.zip/downloader/main.py", line 32, in main exit_code = execute_runner(env, logger) File "/tmp/dont_download.zip/downloader/main.py&quo...

Downloader:

- Version 1.1 released.
- Added Cheats and Palettes folder (removed Palettes.zip files)
- It now uses ZIPs to make fresh installs a bit faster
- Increased waiting time before reboot, as a measure to avoid problems during linux updates.
- Running time message is more realistic now.
- Other tweaks and optimizations.

I published some changes for tweaking the move operation and increasing the waiting time before reboot. The goal is trying to minimize the MiSTer and menu.rbf file corruption that has been rarely happening during the Linux & Main update process since the start of the old MiSTer Updater. Keep in mind, although the problem happens in all availab...

Yes, update_all is now using the Downloader by default (except for users that have custom update.ini files). If you see the word "Downloader" at the start of the console output when it shows the sequence, it is using it, but you can always deactivate it from the Misc menu. The README.md has always been there with the same content since on...

Thanks for the new script and finally a readme file with some explanations regarding the downloaded.ini file. As per the readme: "This tool installs and updates all the cores and other extra files for your MiSTer." Is there any possibility to add a line to disable the download and install of these other extra files? When the script was a...

I published some changes for tweaking the move operation and increasing the waiting time before reboot. The goal is trying to minimize the MiSTer and menu.rbf file corruption that has been rarely happening during the Linux & Main update process since the start of the old MiSTer Updater. Keep in mind, although the problem happens in all availabl...

I assume this is where the new updater script is going to pull it's updates. Yes. Since it is under version control perhaps you can add the ability in the script to pull an older release at a specific date. This will help users in troubleshooting wither it is a buggy update or their specific setup that is causing their issue. It would also allow s...

Hi, just to clarify, is this a replacement for the old official updater? Or another alternative? And it's not the update_all thingy, right? Sorry if these are obvious questions, but I do get a bit confused by all these updaters :) Yes, this is meant to replace the old official updater. No, this is not meant to be the continuation of update_all :)

This repository contains files for manually accessing most user-relevant files from the MiSTer-devel organization: URL: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Distribution_MiSTer You can also download the whole repository, copy all the files and paste them directly in your MiSTer SD card. That would be my preferred offline setup process at the moment. Che...

This is a new updater designed with robustness, speed and safety in mind. URL: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Downloader_MiSTer Robustness - It validates every downloaded file against its hash, eliminating the possibility of corrupted downloads. - It removes old invalid files and avoids duplications. That means, the downloader will delete files th...

MRA-Alternatives:
- Iron Horse MRAs (Ace9921)

Can you share your /media/fat/Scripts/.cache/update/update_all.log file?

MRA-Alternatives:
- Gyruss MRA changes for new core (Ace9921)
- Irem M62 MRAs (Atrac17 and birdybro)
- Pleiads MRA update (mcbazface)

Fallon wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:50 am

zakk4223 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:53 am You need to add the DOWNLOAD_BETA_CORES to update_jtcores.ini not update_all.ini

Or just use the configuration mode of update_all and set it that way

Funny, there's no update_jtcores.ini in my Scripts folder. What a complete confusing mess this update process is.

This is all you have to do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alcKBAxl82k

I seem to have bumped on a strange problem today, while trying to organize the newest JT CPS 2 beta mra's: While attempting to clear the folders via the inline configurator, the script threw an error (which I didn't copy, sorry), so I had to manually delete both the symlinks and last_run from the .cache folder in order to start afresh. Even after ...

It should be fixed already. Which zip file error are you getting @arty?

MRA-Alternatives:
- Added Gauntlet, Gauntlet II and Vindicators part II.
- Added MRA validation task to ensure that all contributions pass the mra_rom_checker.sh script.
- [previous unannounced release] Fixed Donkey Kong (jstavats).

I just published a script that fetches from the repository from @Threepwood https://github.com/theypsilon/Names_TXT_Updater_MiSTer/ It's extracted from another script of mine, so the functionality is exactly the same, but ths is the standalone version. It helps you to sync with your preferred names.txt from that repository ( https://github.com/Thre...

That's great, thanks a lot.