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      lukevin @Sano
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      @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
            last edited by

            @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
              last edited by

              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
                        last edited by

                        @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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