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    • ShadowronS
      Shadowron @lukevin
      last edited by

      @lukevin Sounds like wrong filesystem. Are you sure you entered correct fs and right uuid?

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        lukevin @Shadowron
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        @shadowron said in manual mount not mounting usb:

        @lukevin Sounds like wrong filesystem. Are you sure you entered correct fs and right uuid?

        reformating the usb now

        sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

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        • SanoS
          Sano
          last edited by Sano

          Did you try to use PARTUUID=xxxx in fstab (for the sda1 partition), and finding the /dev/sda1 PARTUUID by doing a ls -l /dev/disk/by-partuuid/ ?
          Just saying, because existing entries in fstab use PARTUUID...

          A mount -v /home/pi/RetroPie after editing fstab could also provide interesting informations.

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            lukevin @Sano
            last edited by

            @sano said in manual mount not mounting usb:

            mount -v /home/pi/RetroPie

            ok heres what i got

            df
            Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
            /dev/root        7517500 2438572   4737052  34% /
            devtmpfs          370708       0    370708   0% /dev
            tmpfs             375316       4    375312   1% /dev/shm
            tmpfs             375316    5324    369992   2% /run
            tmpfs               5120       4      5116   1% /run/lock
            tmpfs             375316       0    375316   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
            /dev/mmcblk0p1     58234   21534     36700  37% /boot
            pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-partuuid
            total 0
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 16 17:40 5728b712-01 -> ../../sda1
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 17:40 5728b712-02 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
            
             GNU nano 2.2.6              File: /etc/fstab
            
            proc    /proc   proc    defaults        0       0
            PARTUUID=5728b712-01    /boot   vfat    defaults        0       2
            PARTUUID=5728b712-02    /       ext4    defaults,noatime        0       1
            # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
            #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
            PARTUUID=5728b712-01    /home/pi/RetroPie       ext4    nofail,detfaults       0       0
            
            
            

            mount -v /home/pi/RetroPie
            reboot

            still doesn't show up

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              lukevin
              last edited by

              @sano said in manual mount not mounting usb:

              mount -v /home/pi/RetroPie

              sudo mount -v /home/pi/RetroPie
              mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
                     missing codepage or helper program, or other error
              
                     In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
                     dmesg | tail or so.
              
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              • SanoS
                Sano
                last edited by Sano

                What does the mount -v says ?

                Moreover, you have the same partuuid for /boot and your USB, this can't be.
                Your boot partition seems to be linked to /dev/sda1

                Could you remove the line you added to fstab, issue a tail -f /var/log/messagesin terminal and then plug your usb drive, then copy the result here (the lines appearing after plugging the USB drive) ?

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                  lukevin @Sano
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                  @sano said in manual mount not mounting usb:

                  What does the mount -v says ?

                  Moreover, you have the same partuuid for /boot and your USB, this can't be.
                  Your boot partition seems to be linked to /dev/sda1

                  Could you remove the line you added to fstab, issue a tail -f /var/log/messagesin terminal and then plug your usb drive, then copy the result here (the lines appearing after plugging the USB drive) ?

                  #'d out the line in fstab but did not reboot

                  pi@retropie:~ $ sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.666435] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.673985] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.673998] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.674003] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.674177] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.844866] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.844877] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
                  Mar 16 17:53:05 retropie kernel: [    9.844897] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
                  Mar 16 17:53:06 retropie usbmount[466]: dev/sda does not contain a filesystem or disklabel
                  Mar 16 17:53:33 retropie kernel: [   30.579994] random: crng init done
                  Mar 16 18:01:34 retropie kernel: [  511.097352] usb 1-1.5: USB disconnect, device number 5
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.095376] usb 1-1.5: new high-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.226762] usb 1-1.5: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5583
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.226774] usb 1-1.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.226782] usb 1-1.5: Product: Ultra Fit
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.226790] usb 1-1.5: Manufacturer: SanDisk
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.226798] usb 1-1.5: SerialNumber: 4C530001180512111165
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.229395] usb-storage 1-1.5:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
                  Mar 16 18:01:43 retropie kernel: [  520.231095] scsi host0: usb-storage 1-1.5:1.0
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.286963] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     SanDisk  Ultra Fit        1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.288210] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.289192] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 242614272 512-byte logical blocks: (124 GB/116 GiB)
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.291101] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.293355] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.312824]  sda: sda1
                  Mar 16 18:01:44 retropie kernel: [  521.315519] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
                  Mar 16 18:01:45 retropie usbmount[1327]: dev/sda does not contain a filesystem or disklabel
                  Mar 16 18:01:50 retropie usbmount[1334]: executing command: mount -text4 -osync,noexec,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1000 dev/sda1 /media/usb0
                  
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                    lukevin
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                    so i took a look at my /boot/cmdline.txt and found that

                    root=PARTUUID=5728b712-02
                    

                    i assume it should actually read

                    root=/dev/mmcblk0p2
                    

                    i have no idea why that isn't right on a clean img

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                    • SanoS
                      Sano
                      last edited by Sano

                      No, it's ok. PARTUUID is preferred due to possible device name change with udev.
                      Your usb drive partition is sda1, but usbmount seems to mount it to /media/usb0.
                      This should be disabled first if you plan to use fstab, like it's said in the wiki and by @Shadowron .

                      Edit : my bad, this is usbmount and not usbromservice, but it should be removed if usbromservice is disabled...

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                        lukevin @Sano
                        last edited by

                        @sano said in manual mount not mounting usb:

                        No, it's ok. PARTUUID is preferred due to possible device name change with udev.
                        Your usb drive partition is sda1, but usbmount seems to mount it to /media/usb0.
                        This should be disabled first if you plan to use fstab, like it's said in the wiki and by @Shadowron .

                        so the first thing i did after i made this img and turn on the pi was go to the retropie_setup.sh and disable the usb rom service as per the instructions right?

                        then i went to find the actual file /etc/usbmount/usbmount.conf
                        and it was still enabled. fixed that and reran the guide again to no avial

                        though my uuid changed for sda1 now to

                        pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                        total 0
                        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 18:24 0d5d7270-400a-4069-90ce-5547c464af88 -> .                                  ./../mmcblk0p2
                        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 16 18:24 88c49436-bc28-40e4-a132-15c30e12b363 -> .                                  ./../sda1
                        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 18:24 F800-84AD -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                        pi@retropie:~ $
                        
                        pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                        total 0
                        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 18:24 0d5d7270-400a-4069-90ce-5547c464af88 -> .                                  ./../mmcblk0p2
                        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 16 18:24 88c49436-bc28-40e4-a132-15c30e12b363 -> .                                  ./../sda1
                        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 18:24 F800-84AD -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                        

                        so should my change to fstab be PARTUUID or UUID as per the guide?

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                          lukevin
                          last edited by

                          after saying wrong fs over and over when i would try to mount it suddenly it mounted via a mount command this time. I have no idea why but
                          how do i add this to fstab and have it mount at boot? i add this to fstab yes?
                          UUID=88c49436-bc28-40e4-a132-15c30e12b363 /home/pi/Retropie ext4 nofail,defaults 0 0

                          pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                          total 0
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 18:36 0d5d7270-400a-4069-90ce-5547c464af88 -> .                                  ./../mmcblk0p2
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 16 18:36 88c49436-bc28-40e4-a132-15c30e12b363 -> .                                  ./../sda1
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 16 18:36 F800-84AD -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                          pi@retropie:~ $ df -T -h
                          Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                          /dev/root      ext4      7.2G  2.4G  4.6G  34% /
                          devtmpfs       devtmpfs  363M     0  363M   0% /dev
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     367M  4.0K  367M   1% /dev/shm
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     367M  5.2M  362M   2% /run
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     367M     0  367M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                          /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat       57M   22M   36M  37% /boot
                          pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /home/pi/RetroPie
                          pi@retropie:~ $ df -T -h
                          Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                          /dev/root      ext4      7.2G  2.4G  4.6G  34% /
                          devtmpfs       devtmpfs  363M     0  363M   0% /dev
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     367M  4.0K  367M   1% /dev/shm
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     367M  5.2M  362M   2% /run
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     367M     0  367M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                          /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat       57M   22M   36M  37% /boot
                          /dev/sda1      ext4      114G   61M  108G   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                          
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                          • SanoS
                            Sano @lukevin
                            last edited by Sano

                            @lukevin
                            Ok this seems good now.
                            It should work by adding the line you mention in /etc/fstab.
                            The previous UUID you had for sda1 looked like a VFAT UUID (see for example the UUID of /boot).
                            It may explain why the wrong fs message. After formatting ext4, you got a ext-type UUID and the mount command works.
                            I don't see another explanation.

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                              lukevin @Sano
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                              @sano

                              i had to chown my permissions back but this is now solved. windows powershell format and partition to fat32 on my drives originally as the guide was fat32 then changing to ext4 and it seems that when i was doing the new partitioning it just wasn't taking effect for some reason but this is now solved.

                              thank you sano and shadowron

                              i've been banging my head on the desk for a week trying to understand linux commands and forcing myself to learn a new OS.

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