RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login
    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    Is Retropie right for me? Are there alternatives?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Help and Support
    retropie
    27 Posts 3 Posters 9.1k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • U
      ubernub @BuZz
      last edited by

      @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

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • BuZzB
        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

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • BuZzB
          BuZz administrators
          last edited by

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

          To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

          U 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • U
            ubernub @BuZz
            last edited by

            @BuZz http://pastebin.com/jP5jqWSp

            1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • 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 ?

              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

              U 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • U
                ubernub @BuZz
                last edited by

                @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

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • BuZzB
                  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

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                  U 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • U
                    ubernub @BuZz
                    last edited by

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

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • BuZzB
                      BuZz administrators
                      last edited by

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

                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                      U 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • U
                        ubernub @BuZz
                        last edited by

                        @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. :)

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • First post
                          Last post

                        Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                        Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.