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    Unable to make OpenBoR work from usb

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    • cyperghostC
      cyperghost @freakazoidman
      last edited by cyperghost

      @freakazoidman Yes you've permission issues

      You can use this script from here
      Read comments in script file to know what happens there.

      Take care about BORPAK_DIR!

      # 1. PLACE  BARE PAK FILES to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/pak
      # 2. RUN THE SCRIPT (with user pi!)
      # 3. Data will be extracted to ./openbor/gamename.bor/data
      # 4. pak files will be backuped from gamename.pak to gamename.pak.original
      # Change pathes as you like!
      
      EXTRACT_BOREXE="/opt/retropie/ports/openbor/borpak"
      BORROM_DIR="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor"
      BORPAK_DIR="$BORROM_DIR/pak"
      
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        freakazoidman @cyperghost
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        Thanks for this excellent tip @cyperghost
        I will try it out :)

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          freakazoidman
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          @cyperghost You sir are a genius!! Everything works flawlessly now.
          Thank you so much :-)

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            tmc930 @cyperghost
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            @cyperghost I have the same permission issue. Really dumb question, but how do I use that script you posted?

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              cyperghost @tmc930
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              @tmc930 What is the output of the script I've posted above?

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                tmc930 @cyperghost
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                @cyperghost Sorry I’m really a noob in Linux. How do I use the script you posted? Do I have to download it first to my machine and execute it locally then? Or can I simply copy and paste all the text in your script into the command line and hit enter?

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @tmc930
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                  @tmc930 use wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/RetroPie-OpenBOR-scripts/master/extract.sh and then bash extract.sh

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                    tmc930 @cyperghost
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                    @cyperghost The wget command worked, but after I run the bash command, it gives me Aborting... No files to extract in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/pak!

                    I am running the roms off a USB flash drive. Does that make a difference? And is there a workaround or tweak to the script I can run to get it to run off the flash drive?

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                      tmc930 @cyperghost
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                      @cyperghost Every time I run /opt/retropie/ports/openbor/extract.sh, each game folder is created but there is no data folder created in each. The terminal gives me “/opt/retropie/ports/openbor/extract.sh: line 13: ./unpack.sh: Permission denied mv: cannot stat ‘data/‘: No such file or directory” for each game pak extraction.

                      Is running the ROMs off the USB stick an issue also?

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                      • cyperghostC
                        cyperghost @tmc930
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                        @tmc930 well change the path and it should work. Forget the original extract script... It is rubbish

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                          tmc930 @cyperghost
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                          @cyperghost It is finally working now. I just scrapped running it off the flash drive for now, and just copied the pak files to the microsd, and unpacked it off there. If anything, I could just copy the unpacked stuff back to the flash drive later on, if I really want to run it off the flash drive later. Thanks so much for your help on this, and for bearing with a complete noob like me. Sorry to bother you a whole year after this was last posted, and thank you for the working script!

                          I hope the controller mapping and config isn't too painful, requiring another script to configure....

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