Use ntfs hdd to load roms (solved)

[magoburicchio]

Hi guys, excuse me, but i can't find anything..
I have
RASPBERRY PI 3 B, RETROPIE 4 rc1, sd 32 gb, hdd 2,5" 500gb ntfs.
i try to

copy roms to
/media/usb0/(emulator name copied by retropie roms folder)

change
/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg (why i find somewhere in forum .emulationstation?)
from /home/pi/RetroPie/Roms/(emu name)
to /media/usb0/(emulator name) (all except retropie menu)

change permission
FS_MOUNTOPTIOnS="-fstype=vntfs,flush,gid=plugdev,dmask=0007,fmask=0117" (tryed also vfat)

so .. i finde only
synclair (inside +start zesarux
scummv(inside +start ) but if i run scummvm doesn't run
amiga (inside +start)

it is 4 day i try i'm going crazy :D

can you help me? thks

[dracosfire83]

Are you sure your HDD is mounted at "media/usb0" ?I've had it at one time at "mnt/sda1"

[edmaul69]

@magoburicchio i do the exact same except i use fat32. Works perfect. I dont do all the permissions stuff. I just give the folders 0777 permissions.

[cyperghost]

Can you access your HDD via terminal?
Login to terminal (user: root // password: raspberry)
Now change directory to
cd /media/usb/ and type ls
can you see your data on the NTFS drive? If yes

then please do the following:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie
mv roms roms_backup
ln -s /media/usb/roms roms

This will link the folder roms from your HDD to the ROMs-directory in Retropie. That's a convinient and save way. Please do not edit the es_systems.cfg- it might work but is a bad habbit :)

For more info read ahead here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2582/can-my-usb-device-have-data-on-it-already/5

[edmaul69]

@cyperghost last time i tried to make my home/pi/roms point to my hard drive it made my hard drive not work on windows. I could only ftp into it. Kind of hard to transfer dreamcast games that way.

[dracosfire83]

@edmaul69 Did you reformat the HDD or leave it as ntfs. I know some of the older tutorials wanted you reformat and when you did windows wouldn't recognize the drive but several updates ago retropi enabled plug and play with ntfs. While it's not the fastest it works fine for me.

[edmaul69]

@dracosfire83 i had it in fat32. I reformatted it in fat32 again and redid my sd card. This was on 3.7 i believe.

[cyperghost]

Just linkin to a folder will not change the drive format. Maybe the NTFS drivers is faulty implented into the Debian.... This can cause conflicts but only in writing mode. So read mode should always works.

[magoburicchio]

THKS!!!
i transform ntfs to fat.. it seems not working so i migrate all roms and format directly and then retransfer roms..
now i'm trying not to change the es_systems.cfg
but to mount the hdd..
i'll try and write the esit..

[cyperghost]

@magoburicchio That works if you use the wiki. If you need help then do not hestiate to call for. Some members are very advanced.

[RetroResolution]

Just for the record, I use multiple USB NTFS hard drives, for read and write operations, on my Pi 1, 2 and 3. The only issues I have had are very occasional, minor file system corruptions (resolved by gparted, or using the standard windows disk tool), which occur if the Pi hard-crashes whilst write operations are underway (e.g. same as happens on Windows).

[magoburicchio]

All works great... except some strange permission denied in sh of ports..
Thks

[magoburicchio]

excuse me but

-where the config is preload, all works...
-where i must be change jcontroller configuration ingame inide the emulator:
uae4all: selecting all joystick port - joystick doesn't work, only the standard keyboard keys -
pressing 5 if i select joystick: works keyboard and not the joystick
atari 800 joystick selected and not working
Ports: permission denied

i mout this option under
sudo nano /etc/fstab
UUID=E44B-FC4E /home/pi/RetroPie vfat nofail,user,umask=0000 0 2

when i mount this on my 500gb fat32 formatted all emus working but i think there are permission problems...

i try to format it ext4?!

thank you

[cyperghost]

@magoburicchio
Please do not reformat drive. It seems to be a permission problem or your sh-files are broken. Do you transfered them from Windows OS to the Pi - or edited them on your Windows mashine? If yes then you need to set the correct linefeed for UNIX-systems into Windows editors.

If this does not solve your problem. A dirty hack can be found here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2364/new-install-of-3-8-1-permission-denied-on-all-games-in-ports-menu

If you reformat your drive with ext4 you will lose the opportunity to simple transfer ROMS from Windows to the external device just by "Plug 'n' Play".

Did you checked umask params? Maybe you set wring file permissions there? I can't check this because I use the link method via ln -s:/

[magoburicchio]

thks the ports with bash command works great.... !!!! now i have other little problem buti i open another topic !!!!