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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
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          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
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              @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
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                @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
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                  @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
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                      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
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                          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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                              comet424 @comet424
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                              @mitu
                              i guess i need to move the files? to a retropie-mount maybe

                              pi@retropie:~ $ cd /media
pi@retropie:/media $ cd usb0
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ ls
BIOS  retropiemenu  roms  splashscreens
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ cd roms
pi@retropie:/media/usb0/roms $ ls
amstradcpc  atari5200  atarilynx  gamegear  gbc            mastersystem  neogeo  ngpc      sega32x  snes
arcade      atari7800  fba        gb        genesis        megadrive     nes     pcengine  segacd   vectrex
atari2600   atari800   fds        gba       mame-libretro  n64           ngp     psx       sg-1000  zxspectrum
pi@retropie:/media/usb0/roms $
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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @comet424
                                last edited by mitu

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

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

                                You need to use sudo before the command, forgot about that.

                                so i dunno where files are unless i guess plug into the computer?

                                In /media/usb0, where you moved them.

                                i guess i need to move the files? to a retropie-mount maybe

                                You already moved the files, but /media/usb0 should be the mountpoint for your USB drive. retropie-mount is the location when you're using the automatic method, you say you're using the manual method and you've disabled the usbromservice module.

                                Did you mount the USB drive - to /media/usb0 - before moving the files from /home/pi/RetroPie ? Otherwise, even if the USB disc would work with your /etc/fstab, the drive would be empty.

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                                  comet424 @comet424
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                                  @mitu
                                  so drive must be mounted since i can see it right??

                                  mc wouldnt let me make a folder and i think its because its really on the drive but you cant see it?

                                  pi@retropie:/media/usb0/roms $ cd ..
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ mkdir retropie-mount
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘retropie-mount’: Permission denied
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ ls
BIOS  retropiemenu  roms  splashscreens
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ mkdir test
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘test’: Permission denied
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ df
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root       30368644 2874152  26218904  10% /
devtmpfs         1801484       0   1801484   0% /dev
tmpfs            1933580       0   1933580   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs            1933580    9600   1923980   1% /run
tmpfs               5120       4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs            1933580       0   1933580   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1    261868   55708    206160  22% /boot
tmpfs             386716       0    386716   0% /run/user/1000
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $

                                  or its only kinda mounted? as i cant make a directory test but the usb0 is there but the df shows no

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
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                                    No, the drive is not mounted. It should show up in a line containing /dev/sda1 on the 1st column, in the df command output.

                                    The reason you're getting the errors for mkdir is that /media/usb0 is not writeable by the pi user (which is the default) and it's not on the external USB disc.

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                                      comet424 @comet424
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                                      @mitu
                                      from what i remember
                                      when i do the clean install of retropie
                                      and when it first boots up then reboots for the file system

                                      it fails the usbmount@dev....

                                      then takes 2 3 min for emulationstation to finish loading config files
                                      then loads up 23 emulatiors i guess.. and then my roms are loaded like nes mame
                                      etc

                                      then i cant remember i did couple different ways enabling usb and disabling etc

                                      but what i remember is all the roms are in retropie-mount folder on the SSD
                                      then i installed vice and dosbox last time i tried i didnt install samba shares

                                      then i edited the fstab file and added the
                                      UUID=4A099D4A0F439B23 /home/pi/RetroPie vfat nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0 2
                                      because when i did the exec rw line version thats when it really ruined it and locked me out

                                      then i ran
                                      sudo mv -v /home/pi/RetroPie/* /media/usb0/

                                      then i ran the retro-setup i disabled usb mount service
                                      and did a perform a reboot.
                                      and when going through the checks it still fail the usbmount@dev...
                                      and then says emulation is gone
                                      and then i get the command prompt

                                      so ok i ran the sudo

                                      pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ sudo mount -a
mount: /home/pi/RetroPie: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $

                                      guess i really buggered it up.. didnt i

                                      so if the drive isnt mount then why is it showing up under usb0 as being mounted under /media/usb0
                                      shouldnt it not show up anything

                                      but ya i went into the /media/usb0/roms/nes and it shows nothing but how is it possible for a usb0 drive when its not there shouldnt it be nothing

                                      do i delete usb0 w folder and reboot and will that let the drive remount?

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @comet424
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                                        pi@retropie:/media/usb0 $ sudo mount -a
                                        mount: /home/pi/RetroPie: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

                                        This looks like an un-formatted drive or - as the error says - wrong file system. Make sure the drive is properly formatted, then mount it first, before copying/moving the files from /home/pi/RetroPie/ to it.

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                                          comet424 @comet424
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                                          so i used mc
                                          and i copied /media/usb0/ to /home/pi/Retropie

                                          and thats brought back the retropie gui

                                          just not the roms so least that part is back

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                                            comet424 @mitu
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                                            @mitu ah ok

                                            well the SD card doesnt have any of the roms on it in the first place.. i only did the mv because it was one of the steps

                                            then SSD should probably have 100gb of roms on it
                                            it was formated to Fat32 as thats how this post orginally started

                                            but i wonder if the UUID with the rw,exec and forgetting that 2 at the end correupted it then?

                                            how do i check the FS on the SSD? i only really know windows

                                            how do i do it in linux here

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