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    rom folder on network not mounted at start #network

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      Stargrove1
      last edited by

      Yes this option is set, I did follow the guide https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-Network-Share/ telling to activate it

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        After you mount the driver - manually - do all your ROM folder appear correctly ?
        Can you post your entry from /etc/fstab ?

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          Stargrove1
          last edited by

          I used a new image whithout roms installed, when mounting manually, I checked with ls /RetroPie/roms/amiga and I saw the roms from my network, no matter if autostart or fstab method

          fstab entry (copied and modified from the guide):
          //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms cifs username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto 0 0

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @Stargrove1
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            @Stargrove1 Are you sure it's the correct /etc/fstab entry ? You're missing the mountpoint (2nd position), which should be /home/pi/RetroPie/roms.

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              Stargrove1
              last edited by

              Sorry, my mistake, it has to be:

              //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto 0 0

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                Stargrove1
                last edited by

                Entry in the autostart.sh is:
                sudo mount -t cifs -o username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  The /etc/fstab entry seems fine. Can you try adding x-systemd.automount to the mount options and reboot to see if it's auto-mounted on start ?

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                    Stargrove1
                    last edited by

                    When changing to

                    //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

                    no roms available, I tried to do sudo mount -a, the output is

                    /sbin/mount.cifs: invalid option -- 't'
                    
                    Usage:  mount.cifs <remotetarget> <dir> -o <options>
                    
                    Mount the remote target, specified as a UNC name, to a local directory.```
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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @Stargrove1
                      last edited by

                      @Stargrove1 I don't get that error if I test with a local address. What version of RetroPie are you using (see https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first) ?

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                        Stargrove1 @mitu
                        last edited by

                        Version states 4.4.11

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Sorry, can't figure out why this doesn't work. Try looking in the dmesg output after the boot or adding a larger timeout before ES starts in autostart.sh.

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                            Stargrove1
                            last edited by

                            Thank you very much for the help, I will continue setting up the Retropie with local roms and try again with a spare Pi to get the network solution running.

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                              Stargrove1
                              last edited by

                              Today I tried again with a new reflashed image on my pi zero w, I just added Wifi and autostart.sh entry and it worked fine. Guess I will just start over with my pi 3 to get the actual system running from network.

                              Thank you for your support

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