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    • BuZzB
      BuZz administrators
      last edited by

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

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        ubernub @BuZz
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        @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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        • BuZzB
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          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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            • BuZzB
              BuZz administrators
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              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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              • BuZzB
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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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                  • BuZzB
                    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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                      • BuZzB
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                        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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                          • BuZzB
                            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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