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    • YFZdudeY
      YFZdude
      last edited by

      I found a handy way to see what folders take up space if you want to hunt down the source of the problem.

      du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -hr

      You could do this from the root (/) of the sdcard, then cd into the largest folder and repeat the command one level at a time. Or you can increase max-depth to see more levels at once. Not quite as fast as a GUI tool like WinDirStat, but it should get the job done.

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by

        As mentioned when a USB stick is configured with a retropie-mount folder it will be mounted automatically over the existing RetroPie folder via what's called a bind mount so that folder will be pointing to the USB stick. If you have lots of files in the original folder you can manage them by either bottling without the USB stick or exiting EmulationStation and then running

        sudo umount ~/RetroPie

        And then removing files via the network, commandline or using mc.

        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

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          comet424 @BuZz
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          sorry had internet issues yesterday

          and i did the remove the SSD and then i got the files again on the SD card... and then i just deleted them with the MC
          and then re plugged back the SSD in and rebooted..

          always learning something new everyday

          thank you for all the help (:

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            comet424 @comet424
            last edited by

            something else seems to be wrong??
            used to boot up fast

            now when i reboot or start up it hangs as the Emulation page.. saying Loading config files

            it hangs for a couple mins before loading up
            whats gone on?

            i did run sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
            from a ssh in figured running update of all fix it but didnt help

            what causes it to load so slow now? used to be lighting fast... and transfering to the SSD is slow i shuld be getting 80-120mbs but i only get 20 megs sec copying... i know i had another page a while ago i did a manual edit instead of auto mount not sure if that matters also cant find my old post

            as this is the 2nd nintendo retropie i built for someone else and its just not working right cant cant remember what i did last time.. but ya seems to be hanging at loading config files and slow copy transfers over the network

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @comet424
              last edited by

              If you're using the NesPi 4 case, then it's probably this.

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                comet424 @mitu
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                @mitu oh ok ya i remember that from someone posted in my last post i had issues earlier this year and since i doing 2nd one i have forgotten and couldnt find it.. and was also to do Manual mount instead of Automount as i found auto mounting unmounts the drive from this case..

                ill do that and see if that fixes the speed and the loading config files at emulation i only noticed now because i have had it left on all this time but i was just rebooting it today and noticed it was not booting up fast anymore and then i did the update of retropie figure it was that... ill re due this one and try to find the manual mount too as i remember automount doesnt like it with this case if you do a reboot it will unmount the drive i noticed.. i guess its the usb to sata device the firmware in it or the chip that cause the issues i take it

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                  comet424 @mitu
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                  @mitu im remember again
                  that trick doesnt work for the nespi 4 case
                  i remember it didnt work with the other one either..
                  as

                  pi@retropie:~ $ sudo dmesg -C
pi@retropie:~ $ sudo dmesg -C
pi@retropie:~ $ dmesg
pi@retropie:~ $

                  it does nothing it doesnt display.. but the tricks that were done before fixed it i still cant find my old post like 6 months ago..
                  it doesnt display the log ..

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                    comet424 @comet424
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                    @mitu so i found my old post and was trying some of the commands but it isnt working the same now

                    then i made sure only 1 partition and fat32

                    i ran
                    ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/

                    and got my uuid
                    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 12 23:25 4A099D4A0F439B23 -> ../../sda1
                    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 12 23:25 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
                    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 12 23:25 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1

                    so i edited the fstab and added for the sda1

                    UUID=4A099D4A0F439B23 /home/pi/RetroPie vfat rw,exec,uid=pi,gid=pi,umask=022 0

                    i chose that as that showed for Fat32 file system from
                    https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/

                    i rebooted and the root account is locked it says it wont boot up and i cant ssh in.. the other post the dmesg worked after using the tail command but this one isnt working
                    its also in emergency mode.. i tried pulling usb out and rebooting but still console is locked

                    like
                    dmesg | grep usb-storage
                    is not working

                    so how do i fix or isa format to fix this issue?

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @comet424
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                      @comet424 The root account does not have a password by default, so it's 'locked'. You can use sudo with the pi account and perform admin tasks.

                      UUID=4A099D4A0F439B23 /home/pi/RetroPie vfat rw,exec,uid=pi,gid=pi,umask=022 0

                      the line is incomplete, it should have another number at the end.

                      If you've booted in emergency mode because of a bad /etc/fstab, then you should boot in 'safe' mode by modifying /boot/cmdline.txt and adding init=/bin/sh at the end of the line present in the file. This should boot you to a root command line, where you can mount the root partition and repair the /etc/fstab file.

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                        comet424 @mitu
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                        @mitu i thought i added the 2 after the last 0 from the linw now i cant remember

                        and i cant modify nothing raspberry pi booted into emgency mode on itself.. then talks about using jorurnal program

                        says root console acccess been locked..

                        tells you to look at slulogin(8)
                        tells me press enter
                        reloading system manager configuration
                        starting default target

                        then just repeats the above cant get into anything

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Assuming the problem is caused only by the erroneous /etc/fstab entry, you can try fixing it by modifying the file on the Linux partition on the sdcard from a separate Linux system (if you have one) or maybe from Windows (using the Paragon Ext4 driver).

                          If that doesn't work, maybe re-install from scratch.

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                            comet424 @mitu
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                            @mitu ah ok
                            so i used my usb parted Magic program
                            edited the fstab file so ya i was missing that last 2

                            so it booted and got back in had bunch of fails and RF kill switch failed multiple times
                            but it booted up

                            i also remmed out the UUID and rebooted also pulled the ssd still gave errors
                            i ssh'd in and ran the retropi_setup and did the update it couldnt told me fetch_head is read only mode

                            its amazing how just forgettng that 2 changes it mess's this up

                            so what did that last 2 do???

                            and guess the whole thing is in read only... so i gonna do fresh install and try the manual mount...
                            and try the uuid line again and add that 2 i didnt see

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator @comet424
                              last edited by

                              @comet424 said in how do you empty deleted files with MC:

                              so what did that last 2 do???

                              man fstab

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                                comet424 @mitu
                                last edited by

                                @mitu so the man fstab means manual add file system? for the 2

                                so i tried again
                                UUID=4A099D4A0F439B23 /home/pi/RetroPie vfat rw,exec,uid=pi,gid=pi,umask=022 0 2

                                added the extra 2... and yet again it corrupted soo many failed com errors etc
                                and then when i remmed it out using Parted Magic again it wouldnt boot up

                                so i cant see what difference from my older post i had ntfs and 1tb drive but this is 250gb set for Fat32
                                the commands in old post
                                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27809/ssd-doesnt-always-mount/29?_=1607815702974
                                dont seem to be working some are

                                so should i keep the File system fat32? i have retropie-mount folder on the SSD
                                what should the manual fstab be since i redownloading retropie iso to the SD card

                                should it be this
                                /home/pi/RetroPie vfat nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0 2

                                not the
                                /home/pi/RetroPie vfat rw,exec,uid=pi,gid=pi,umask=022 0 2

                                i did the 2nd one for getting maybe MSDos programs to run as i cant seem to get my Command and Conqurer to run on dosbox figured the option for the execuatble will fix it

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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @comet424
                                  last edited by

                                  @comet424 said in how do you empty deleted files with MC:

                                  so i tried again
                                  UUID=4A099D4A0F439B23 /home/pi/RetroPie vfat rw,exec,uid=pi,gid=pi,umask=022 0 2
                                  added the extra 2... and yet again it corrupted soo many failed com errors etc
                                  and then when i remmed it out using Parted Magic again it wouldnt boot up

                                  Are you sure the UUID is correct for your external disc ? Post the complete /etc/fstab.

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                                    comet424 @comet424
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                                    @mitu
                                    i seem to be having major issues trying to mount manually with the 250GB WD Blue drive i didn have this issue with the 1TB but i dont have that setup here i know the dmesg command didnt work right for it and doesnt work that well here

                                    but for this 250GB SSD setup this is my setup
                                    SSD formated Fat32
                                    folder retropie-mount <all roms under it>

                                    i install retropie
                                    <boots up and it fails the usb@.... mount> i forget what it says rest go Green "OK"
                                    i configure joypad
                                    i install dosbox and vice
                                    i add SSH
                                    i add the samba

                                    i ssh in
                                    and run

                                    pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 13 15:03 4A099D4A0F439B23 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 13 15:03 AC15-4763 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Dec 13 15:03 f1351d7a-72a6-4d65-b1e2-62653795df48 -> ../../mmcblk0p2

                                    i then

                                    cd /etc
sudo nano fstab


                                    proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
PARTUUID=3c0d1f86-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
PARTUUID=3c0d1f86-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
# a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
#   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
UUID=4A099D4A0F439B23   /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi       0       2

                                    i chose the other one this time not that exec it seems to mess it up totally

                                    then i save
                                    then i did the run raspi-config and goto configurartions and disble the usb mount service
                                    and reboot.. it boots up but still slow.. and now i cant remember while typing this if it mounted the roms i dont think so i think only mounted priper me editig the fstab..

                                    this last time i did from the manual mount documentation

                                    sudo mv -v /home/pi/RetroPie/* /media/usb0/

                                    i then run the raspi config and goto configurations and disable the usb mount service
                                    i then rebooted
                                    it still fails the "usb@mount... whatever it says" but i turned off automount
                                    when it boots up it tells me there is no emulation goto the website and goes to the command prompt

                                    is this because i formated in fat32? when i did the other setup it was a NFTS but i remember you guys saying and documentation Fat32 is better.. but is fat32 the issue with Western Digital? i havent had this much problems before and this time i was trying to do it the proper way Fat32 but been having issues is it WD on the black list? and maybe i need to format NTFS and i forget when you manualy mount usb do you scrap the retropie-mount folder and just post everything in the root of the drive

                                    just cant figure whats going on..

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't think FAT32 vs. NTFS is the issue. Both should work as well, FAT32 being better supported by Linux natively at this time.

                                      i then run the raspi config and goto configurations and disable the usb mount service

                                      The usbromservice is not configured in raspi-config, it's a RetroPie addition, did you disable it from RetroPie-Setup ?

                                      i then rebooted
                                      it still fails the "usb@mount... whatever it says" but i turned off automount

                                      when it boots up it tells me there is no emulation goto the website and goes to the command prompt

                                      Run mount and post the output - is the disk mounted on /home/pi/RetroPie ?

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                                        comet424 @mitu
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                                        @mitu sorry with my dislexia i forget .. and betwween raspiconfig and the retrosetup i mix them up

                                        and thats what i ment when i mentioned i disabled usb mount service under raspi confg i ment i disabled it under the retrosetup and then i rebooted
                                        what fails is the

                                        usbmount@dev... something something

                                        and then posts
                                        so with the error shows there is no system
                                        check that your paths are correct in the systems
                                        configuration file, and your game directory has at least
                                        one game with the correct extensions

                                        visit emulationstartion.org

                                        thats what i got after i did the mv in the documentation i posted
                                        as for the disk mounted i not sure but here is the output

                                        pi@retropie:~ $ mount
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1801484k,nr_inodes=97927,mode=755)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
none on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
sunrpc on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /boot type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=386716k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)
pi@retropie:~ $
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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          The mount output doesn't show the external disc being mounted, that's why EmulationStation doesn't start - the ROM folders are not present.

                                          If you run mount -a from the command line, what's the output ? Do you get an error from the system while trying to mount the external disc ?

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                                            comet424 @mitu
                                            last edited by comet424

                                            @mitu
                                            wonder where the mount files went to then?
                                            the emulationstation error had come up after i typed

                                            sudo mv -v /home/pi/RetroPie/* /media/usb0/

                                            as i was following the manual steps
                                            so i dunno where files are unless i guess plug into the computer?

                                            as for the mount error

                                            pi@retropie:~ $ mount -a
mount: only root can use "--all" option
pi@retropie:~ $ mount --all
mount: only root can use "--all" option
pi@retropie:~ $

                                            as for the error trying to mount the external disc i dunno? i only see that error of the usb@mount when you first turn on the raspberry pi and retropie is booting up doing its {OK] checks and that one fails or when i do a reboot

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