General discussion • Re: STICKY: PINN - An enhanced version of NOOBS.

I'm trying to make a copy of the RetroPie install I have on an SD card. Issuing command

Code:

sudo bsdtar --numeric-owner --format gnutar -cpvf ~/os/retropie/boot.tar .

returns

Code:

bsdtar: Failed to open '/home/emy/os/retropie/boot.tar'

Both partitions from the SD card are mounted and readable.

I'm doing this from RPiOS, and I've installed package bsdtar. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

1. Did you install bsdtar from APT? If so, best to uninstall it.
You should use bsdtar v3.3.1, which can be installed following the instructions here -> https://github.com/procount/pinn/blob/m ... pendencies

2. Does the target folder path '/home/emy/os/retropie/' exist?

Statistics: Posted by procount — Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:53 pm

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