RetroPie USB Rom Service

[shanet94]

I have installed RetroPie on a Odroid-C0 using this link: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Odroid the install went well and almost everything worked as it should. I have tinkered with this for days and my google searching is running out of ideas for search terms :) The only thing that does not work is the RetroPie USB Rom Service. I have a USB drive that is formatted to fat32 and has one folder in root called retropie. When I put the usb drive into the Odroid it does not flash or do anything, it does not create any folders as it should.

In shell i noticed that df -h does not show the usb drive if emulation station is running. If i just have the desktop running I can see the usb drive in the list of mounted drives. Not sure if that means anything or not. Using command dmesg i get the following snippet on the USB Drive:

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[ 38.270439@3] usb 1-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg
[ 38.372734@3] usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 38.373253@3] scsi1 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
[ 39.095736@3] RxIdleAnt=MAIN_ANT
[ 39.546544@3] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access SMI USB DISK 1100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 39.548489@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] 15974400 512-byte logical blocks: (8.17 GB/7. 61 GiB)
[ 39.549101@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 39.549114@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
[ 39.549724@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[ 39.549891@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 39.562500@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[ 39.562674@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 39.571499@3] sda:
[ 39.575588@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
[ 39.575816@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 39.582352@3] sd 1:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk

No idea where go from this point so figured I would as the gurus :) Any help is apprecaited as I am at my knowledge's limit (which is not much!!)

Regards
Shane

[edmaul69]

@shanet94 there is a way to turn usb rom service on and off.

[shanet94]

Hi thanks for teh reply. I have actually tried it in various ways. From the wiki it say "retropie"
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Transferring-Roms

but yes i have tried it every way possible. I can easily transfer roms thru samba but it the fact it does not work and i wanted it to be 100% :)

[edmaul69]

@shanet94 i cant remember if the usb rom service was in retropie setup or somewhere else, but have you tried turning it on or off in there?

[edmaul69]

@edmaul69 i uninstalled it once and couldnt get the hard drive to even work at all on the pie even through ftp after uninstalling and reinstalling so dont do that.

[BuZz]

the usbromservice may not work - it's designed for Raspbian not Ubuntu.

Easiest way to load roms is over the network - enable samba or so.

[shanet94]

@edmaul69 I have enabled and disabled removed and reinstalled thru the retropie setup menu.

@BuZz would it possibly work if i installed debian?

[BuZz]

I've not tested Debian on the odroid and you will likely miss packages required.

The USB Rom Service isn't required for retropie - just use another method to copy your roms across.

[YetiManCol]

Hi, sorry I'm really new to all of this. I have checked for solutions on here but can't find any.
I have a Raspberry Pi 2 model B 1GB an im also having the same issue nothing will write onto the usb drive from the rapberry pi.
I downloaded retropi off your main site onto a formatted SD card an used Win32 to write it onto the card.
I've tried a coulpe of differnet usb drives formatted to FAT32.
They have a folder inside named retropi. When i put the usb into my Pi it fashes a couple of times, I've left it for about 5 mins as suggested to try an make sure.
When I check the stick nothing has been writen onto it from the Pi.
Any help would be much appreciated thanks in advance.

[shanet94]

@YetiManCol it needs a root folder on the USB named

retropie

not retropi

[YetiManCol]

@shanet94 Thanks I'll try that in the morning :)

[YetiManCol]

@shanet94 It was that simple just a small oversite of the spelling.
Thanks for the help I'ts much appreciated :)

[shanet94]

@YetiManCol now if we can get mine to work :P

[YetiManCol]

@shanet94 unfortunately I'm a little dim when it comes to these types of things. I'd love to be able to help but I feel at this point a chocolate tea pot would be more help :) thanks again for your help.