"Size check failed" while manually updating lakka

Libretro Lakka
#1

Hello guys! I am trying to upgrade my “Plug 'n Play lakka stick” manually with instructions from this page. I have followed them correctly but when I boot my usb stick in live mode, this happens:

[FONT=courier new]Found new .tar archive. extracting… Checking KERNEL.md5… /storage/.update/KERNEL: OK Checking SYSTEM.md5… /storage/.update/SYSTEM: OK Checking size: FAILED size check failed. normal startup in 30s…[/FONT]

As you can see, the “Size check” has been failed! :(. And I don’t know what it means by that, is there any problem with my plug n play stick?

Thanks in Advance! :slight_smile:

#2

Turns out that I was using a older version of lakka which has 256 MB First Partition, The new version needs a 512 MB First Partition so I would have to resize it or entirely reflash it.

I choose to resize the first partition, I will report back with the results soon!

#3

<kivutar> ok TheDcoder <kivutar> your setup was old <kivutar> with a first partition of 256mb <TheDcoder> oh <kivutar> now that we include more cores <kivutar> we need 512mb <TheDcoder> Do I have to manually increase it? <kivutar> either that, or backup your data and reflash from start <kivutar> but this problem happenned 2 releases ago <kivutar> it’s nothing new <TheDcoder> Resizing is a better option <TheDcoder> thanks kiv <kivutar> resizing should be OK yes <kivutar> it will take some time <TheDcoder> yeah <TheDcoder> I have recently done some resizing and cleaning on my laptop <TheDcoder> and it took 3 hours <TheDcoder> so I have an approximate idea of how long it will take :stuck_out_tongue:

#4

Thanks for the IRC log buddy :stuck_out_tongue:

#5

Had that also when migrating from OpenElec to LibreElec. Wrote a little tutorial in case that helps: http://www.classicgaming.biz/wordpress/2017/07/18/upgrading-openelec-to-libreelec-check-size-failed-error/

Edit: Updated link due to migration

#6

Thanks for the link joeuser but I have already done that resizing myself using GParted :slight_smile:

P.S I had that thing done a few days ago… but I forgot about this thread! joeuser’s subscription email reminded me :stuck_out_tongue:

#7

What’s the size of your first partition? 256 or 512?

If it’s 256, just reinstall all man, it’s too small.

#8

Hey Kivutar, the first partition was 256 MB at the time of creating this thread. I resized it to 512 MB using GParted and it worked… as I said in my previous post :wink:

P.S Why necro this thread after 4 months?

#9

Because I don’t know how to use the new forums xD

#10

Uhh… yeah, I was confused at the start too but the date on the email notification helped me lol :stuck_out_tongue: