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      ubernub
      last edited by ubernub

      Now how do I get Kodi to recognize my portable NTFS hard drive? It's not showing up in /media/ at all, though it does pop up a little message saying it's been inserted... Sorry for all the noob questions... Also, did it reboot to get to kodi or is it in the same OS still? And get Retropie to recognize it too since that's where all my games are...

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        HPK-de @ubernub
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        @ubernub

        1. Question: I don't know because i dont use NTFS HDDs. Someone else will know.

        2. It is the same OS.
          Explanation:
          The OS you are running is "Rasbian" Linux, a fork of Debian Linux.
          "Retropie" is running in Raspbian and is the "background", while "Emulationstation" is the
          user interface (GUI) for all the emulators.
          KODI is running as part of Retropie, started via Emulationstation.

        There are special linux distributions out there just for KODI, but it works well in Retropie.

        1. KODI has nothing to do with your games, if you exit KODI you are back in ES and everything is fine.
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          BuZz administrators @ubernub
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          @ubernub Did you use the RetroPie image or install RetroPie on top of existing OS ?

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            ubernub @BuZz
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            @BuZz I used the retropie image.

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              BuZz administrators
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              it should automatically mount in /media/usb0 then (unless usbromservice has been removed/disabled).

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                ubernub @BuZz
                last edited by ubernub

                @BuZz usbromservice is enabled. I'm not seeing any way to even browse to it in retropie. In Kodi there's a /media/usb0 but nothing in it. This thing really isn't very user friendly for absolute beginners :(

                ntfs-3g is installed and functional, too but I can't for the life of me remember how to mount a usb SSD in linux manually.

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                  BuZz administrators
                  last edited by BuZz

                  please unplug then re-plug in the hd, and then post the output (via ssh) of

                  dmesg | tail
                  

                  For using ssh - https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

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                    ubernub @BuZz
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                    @BuZz Thanks for you help so far. This finally feels like making progress!

                    pi@retropie:~ $ dmesg | tail
                    [ 3794.934517] usb-storage 1-1.5:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
                    [ 3794.934888] scsi host5: usb-storage 1-1.5:1.0
                    [ 3795.932399] scsi 5:0:0:0: Direct-Access Samsung Portable SSD T1 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
                    [ 3795.933759] sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
                    [ 3795.934070] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] 976773168 512-byte logical blocks: (500 GB/466 GiB)
                    [ 3795.934583] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
                    [ 3795.934603] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
                    [ 3795.935578] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
                    [ 3795.938631] sda: sda1
                    [ 3795.943017] sd 5:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk

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                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by

                      you can mount that disk manually with sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt (which will mount it to the /mnt folder) and unmount it with sudo umount /mnt - however to see why usbromservice isn't mounting it, please post the output from cat /var/log/syslog

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                        BuZz administrators
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                        Please use a site like pastebin.com for the large log

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                          ubernub @BuZz
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                          @BuZz http://pastebin.com/jP5jqWSp

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                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by BuZz

                            for some reason usbmount doesn't like it - did it mount ok manually ?

                            what is the output of sudo parted /dev/sda print ?

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                              ubernub @BuZz
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                              @BuZz

                              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
                              mount: unknown filesystem type 'exfat'
                              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo parted /dev/sda print
                              Model: Samsung Portable SSD T1 (scsi)
                              Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
                              Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
                              Partition Table: msdos
                              Disk Flags:

                              Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
                              1 32.8kB 500GB 500GB primary boot

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                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by BuZz

                                It is not NTFS. It is exfat formatted

                                try this

                                sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils
                                

                                and try the mount commands again.

                                or use FAT32/NTFS

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                                  ubernub @BuZz
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                                  @BuZz That worked! I can mount it now, but how do I get it to see the roms on it?

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                                    BuZz administrators
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                                    Did you read this https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive
                                    ?

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                                      ubernub @BuZz
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                                      @BuZz Thank you! That fixed the rest of it. I had to change the filesystem to exfat-fuse instead of vfat but otherwise it worked perfectly. :)

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