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    how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s

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      comet424 @comet424
      last edited by

      i ran the dd program on the bottom of that forum

      pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=/dev/zero of=./largefile bs=1M count=1024
      1024+0 records in
      1024+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 45.0954 s, 23.8 MB/s
      
      pi@retropie:~ $ sudo sh -c "sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
      pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=./largefile of=/dev/null bs=4k
      262144+0 records in
      262144+0 records out
      1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 25.6095 s, 41.9 MB/s
      pi@retropie:~ $
      

      and i running a WD 2tb SSD speeds up to what 550mb/s

      but thats why i went ntfs.. cuz when i googled linux should have full support in kernel for ntfs least thats what i read unless thats a different version?

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @comet424
        last edited by mitu

        @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

        and then i googleed.. and it said Linux 5 and up has ntfs full support doesnt retropie use Linux 5+?

        Can you please provide a source link ? Not sure what Linux 5 is suppose to mean.

        so how can i format it then in retropie to get the 2TB to see Fat? or would be better ExFat? as i was able to mount that in Unraid ExFat for 2tb

        You can format it on a PC with ExFat or from Linux with the command line mkfs.exfat command.

        sudo apt -y install exfat-utils
        sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sda1
        

        Warning - formatting will erase all existing data on the disk !

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          comet424
          last edited by comet424

          wont let me post correctly
          https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/13/how_ntfs_finally_made_it/#:~:text=Starting with the Linux 5.15,FAT)%20file%20system%20across%20Windows.

          here it says as if linux 5.5 version ntfs fully supported
          but maybe fully supported and getting retropie to access at full speed 2 different things

          Starting with the Linux 5.15 kernel, NTFS is finally being fully supported in Linux. This journey hasn't been easy.
          
          Microsoft introduced NTFS, a proprietary – naturally – journaling file system in Windows NT 3.1 in 1993. From there, it replaced 1977's File Allocation Table (FAT) file system across Windows.
          
          
          

          https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-boosts-microsoft-ntfs-support-as-linus-torvalds-complains-about-github-merges/

          Linux creator Linus Torvalds has agreed to include Paragon Software's NTFS3 kernel driver, giving the Linux kernel 5.15 release improved support for Microsoft's NTFS file system. But he also had some process and security lessons to offer developers about how to code submissions to the kernel should be made.
          

          i did see in another link
          to use ntfs-3g

          for for the fstab
          would that fix things? adding -3g

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            comet424 @comet424
            last edited by comet424

            i guess retropie doesnt fully support ntfs

            above says Linux 5.15 kernal is fully supported

            but when i logged into retropie

            it only runs 5.10.63 so its not fully supported yet.. i guess once retropie upgrades to 5.15 maybe then ntfs gets the fully speeds

            i formated to exfat but it didnt take

            pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
            Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
            /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
            devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
            tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
            tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
            tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
            tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
            /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
            tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
            
            pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
            total 0
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 15:15 5BAF-3224 -> ../../sda1
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:15 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:15 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
            
            
            proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
            PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
            PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
            # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
            #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
            UUID=5BAF-3224  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
            
            
            pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
            total 0
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 15:17 5BAF-3224 -> ../../sda1
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:17 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
            lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:17 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
            pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sda1
            mkexfatfs 1.3.0
            Creating... done.
            Flushing... done.
            File system created successfully.
            pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
            Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
            /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
            devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
            tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
            tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
            tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
            tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
            /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
            tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
            pi@retropie:~ $
            
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              comet424 @comet424
              last edited by comet424

              so i dont have that hdparm program not sure how to install it

              i did get it to format and mount using sudo mkfs.fat

              pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
              Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
              /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
              devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
              tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
              /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
              /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T   96K  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
              tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
              
              proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
              PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
              PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
              # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
              #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
              UUID=D41A-0442  /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
              

              extfat just wouldnt work now is this fat or fat32?

              so copying is even worse.. now it only copies 2-5mbs/s

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                comet424 @comet424
                last edited by comet424

                i did google and found a different format

                pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1
                

                now i got 5-10mb/s but no where near 80mbs whats going on? its it writting to the SD card first then the SSD?
                as its supposed to write directly to the SSD

                pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.6M  1.9G   1% /run
                tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T  1.7G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                
                pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                total 0
                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 16:12 3FDD-79EC -> ../../sda1
                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:12 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:12 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                pi@retropie:~ $
                
                
                proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
                PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
                PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
                # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
                #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
                UUID=3FDD-79EC  /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                

                and i dont know how to get the testing of the dd or the hdparm command for the sda1

                is it maybe retropie cant hand 2TB at the full usb 3.0 speeds? as i didnt have issue with the same brand SSD just at a 250 and 500mbs but now i jumped to a 2TB i get these extreme slow speeds..

                and i dont know linux good enough to trouble shoot things

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by mitu

                  @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                  i formated to exfat but it didnt take
                  [...]

                  You've run the correct command, but your next df commands don't show that the newly formatted partition is mounted.

                  so i dont have that hdparm program not sure how to install it

                  You can install it with sudo apt install hdparm.

                  i did get it to format and mount using sudo mkfs.fat
                  extfat just wouldnt work now is this fat or fat32?

                  It's neither, exfat is another type of filesystem, just like fat or vfat (which is Linux name for FAT32).

                  I'm not really sure how you're testing, your df commands don't show the /dev/sda1 partition being mounted so you may actually be testing just the sdcard.

                  is it maybe retropie cant hand 2TB at the full usb 3.0 speeds? as i didnt have issue with the same brand SSD just at a 250 and 500mbs but now i jumped to a 2TB i get these extreme slow speeds.

                  It can handle it fine, that's not the issue here - is the filesystem used. Use exfat instead of ntfs and you should get better performance.

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                    comet424 @mitu
                    last edited by comet424

                    @mitu
                    ill re ty again and the test i did was on the bottom of the forum page

                    i ran

                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo sh -c "sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
                    pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=./largefile of=/dev/null bs=4k
                    

                    and ran

                    dd if=/dev/zero of=./largefile bs=1M count=1024
                    

                    so i installed it and ran

                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
                    
                    /dev/sda1:
                     Timing cached reads:   1588 MB in  2.00 seconds = 793.80 MB/sec
                     Timing buffered disk reads: 882 MB in  3.00 seconds = 293.62 MB/sec
                    

                    so for doing the exfat how do i change that for the fstab? as it wouldnt mount or if it did it was media/usb0

                    pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                    Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                    /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                    devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                    tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                    tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.5M  1.9G   1% /run
                    tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                    tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                    /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                    /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T  4.2G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                    tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                    

                    this above formated for fat 32 and i getting copy speeds of 5-10mbs

                    but when i had ntfs it was least 25 so i dont get it ):

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @comet424
                      last edited by

                      @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                      so for doing the exfat how do i change that for the fstab? as it wouldnt mount or if it did it was media/usb0

                      Did you try to use the fstab line that you previously posted ?

                      /dev/sda1  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                      

                      When you test using dd, make sure you're using an output file that's on the external disc:

                      dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                      
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                        comet424 @mitu
                        last edited by comet424

                        @mitu

                        for the fstab i tried "exfat" "exfat4" "extfat" "ext4"
                        none of them mounted.. unless i change the fstab uuid
                        and set the usbmount to Enabled in the menu
                        then sometimes it mounted

                        so the results for the tests are

                        pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
                        
                        /dev/sda1:
                         Timing cached reads:   1588 MB in  2.00 seconds = 793.80 MB/sec
                         Timing buffered disk reads: 882 MB in  3.00 seconds = 293.62 MB/sec
                        pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                        Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                        /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                        devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.5M  1.9G   1% /run
                        tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                        /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                        /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T  4.2G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                        tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                        pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                        1024+0 records in
                        1024+0 records out
                        1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 59.2516 s, 18.1 MB/s
                        
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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
                          last edited by mitu

                          @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                          none of them mounted.. unless i change the fstab uuid

                          My example was without the UUID, just using the partition inode directly. If you re-format the drive, it's label may change, so the UUID may not match.

                          EDIT: add the entry to /etc/fstab, then try running

                          mount -a -t exfat
                          

                          and if the drive is mounted (mount -t exfat).

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                            comet424 @mitu
                            last edited by comet424

                            @mitu

                            ok so not sure what to change in my fstab

                            proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
                            PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
                            PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
                            # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
                            #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
                            UUID=3FDD-79EC  /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                            

                            is my current Fat32 for the 2TB drive
                            everytime i format it changes the UUID so then i re change it in the fstab

                            and what i was meaning is /home/pi/RetroPie vfat
                            i changed the vfat to "ext4" "exfat" "exfat4"
                            when i had it formated as exFat or whatever the proper wording is for it

                            to see if it would mount.. it would sometimes mount as /media/usb0

                            so wehre in the fstab do i add /etc/fstab

                            and i guess reformat the drive to exfat right?

                            and i did try where vfat is when i had "ntfs" i tried changing it to "ntfs-3g" but that didnt help either as i read that in a different retropie article someone said worked but didnt work for me
                            when i had it as ntfs

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              Sorry, but it's getting difficult to follow your replies without any phrasing or punctuation. Can you make an effort and organize your replies better ? I understand English may not be your native language, but try to make an effort and put some structure into it.

                              • First, make sure you format your drive as exfat, use the mkfs.exfat command I've mentioned. Use cfdisk /dev/sda or fdisk -l /dev/sda to confirm the drive is properly formatted.

                              • 2nd, modify /etc/fstab and replace the last line with the entry I mentioned a couple of replies ago:

                              /dev/sda1  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi	0	2
                              
                              • 3rd, try the mount commands from my previous reply to make sure that you've correctly modified /etc/fstab and mounting works. If none of the commands fail, then you can disable the usbmount service and reboot to see if the external disc is mounted correctly (to /home/pi/RetroPie).
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                                comet424 @mitu
                                last edited by comet424

                                @mitu
                                sorry try my best as i have dislexia and its sounds clear to me

                                what i was say
                                in fstab file
                                vfat line i changed it to "ext4" "exfat" "exfat4" for Exfat
                                non of these settings "mounted" the drive tp /home/pi/RetroPie
                                only to /media/usb0 and you had to have the Auto USBmount service Enabled in the Menu.. Disabled wouldnt mount

                                when it was ntfs i treid "ntfs" and "ntfs-3g"

                                and i was sayin since its in Fat32 i guess i have to reformat it

                                and i said i had to change the UUID in the Fstab every single time when i formated the drive

                                pi@retropie:/etc $ sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sda1
                                mkexfatfs 1.3.0
                                Creating... done.
                                Flushing... done.
                                File system created successfully.
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ cfdisk /dev/sda
                                cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ cfdisk /dev/sda1
                                cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
                                fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                                total 0
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:34 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 17:51 B862-4CA4 -> ../../sda1
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:34 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ sudo nano fstab
                                pi@retropie:/etc $
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                                fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                                

                                i rebooted and ran your 2 commands again

                                     `"""'     The RetroPie Project, https://retropie.org.uk
                                
                                pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                                total 0
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 17:58 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 17:58 B862-4CA4 -> ../../sda1
                                lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 17:58 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                                pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                                Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                                devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                                tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                                tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
                                tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                                tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                                tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                                pi@retropie:~ $ cfdisk /dev/sda1
                                cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
                                fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                                fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                                pi@retropie:~ $
                                
                                proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
                                PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
                                PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
                                # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
                                #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
                                UUID=B862-4CA4  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                                
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ mount -a -t exfat
                                mount: only root can use "--all" option
                                pi@retropie:/etc $ sudo mount -a -t exfat
                                FUSE exfat 1.3.0
                                WARN: volume was not unmounted cleanly.
                                fuse: mountpoint is not empty
                                fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
                                pi@retropie:/etc $
                                
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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  The errors below

                                  cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                                  pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
                                  fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                                  pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                                  fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied

                                  are because I forgot to prefix them with sudo (they need root access). Try

                                  sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
                                  

                                  and check if the /dev/sda1 partition is reported as NTFS/exFAT.

                                  The same with the mount commands.

                                  sudo mount -a -t exfat
                                  FUSE exfat 1.3.0
                                  WARN: volume was not unmounted cleanly.
                                  fuse: mountpoint is not empty
                                  fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option

                                  The first message is because the fuse variant is installed, though it shouldn't interfere. You can uninstall it first by running

                                  sudo apt remove exfat-fuse
                                  

                                  and the mounting will use the native Linux exfat support. Re-try then to run

                                  > sudo mount -a -t exfat -o nonempty
                                  

                                  and then check by running mount that /home/pi/RetroPie is mounted using exfat.

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                                    comet424 @mitu
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                                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                                    Disk /dev/sda1: 1.8 TiB, 2000397795328 bytes, 3907026944 sectors
                                    Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
                                    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                                    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                                    Disklabel type: dos
                                    Disk identifier: 0x00000000
                                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo apt remove exfat-fuse
                                    Reading package lists... Done
                                    Building dependency tree
                                    Reading state information... Done
                                    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
                                      libmicrodns0 rpi-eeprom-images
                                    Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
                                    The following packages will be REMOVED:
                                      exfat-fuse
                                    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
                                    After this operation, 64.5 kB disk space will be freed.
                                    Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
                                    (Reading database ... 130482 files and directories currently installed.)
                                    Removing exfat-fuse (1.3.0-1) ...
                                    Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
                                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mount -a -t exfat -o nonempty
                                    pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                                    Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                    /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                                    devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                                    tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                                    tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G   26M  1.9G   2% /run
                                    tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                                    tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                    /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                                    tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                                    /dev/sda1      exfat     1.9T  2.2M  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                                    pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
                                    
                                    /dev/sda1:
                                     Timing cached reads:   1608 MB in  2.00 seconds = 804.45 MB/sec
                                     Timing buffered disk reads: 866 MB in  3.00 seconds = 288.37 MB/sec
                                    pi@retropie:~ $
                                    
                                    pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                                    1024+0 records in
                                    1024+0 records out
                                    1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 58.2039 s, 18.4 MB/s
                                    pi@retropie:~ $
                                    

                                    copying over network from windows still get 2-10mb/s

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                                      mitu Global Moderator
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                                      OK, so the disc is not formated as exfat and mounted via the native kernel support, without fuse. This should take out the extra CPU consumed by using fuse and ntfs.

                                      If you're copying just a large file over the network, do you get the same - low - speed ? Is this over a wired or wireless conenction ?

                                      I know the NesPi case - the older versions ? - had an issue with the SATA controller used in the case (see this topic), it might be worth checking if the case you're using falls has the SATA controller that is problematic.

                                      Just

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                                        comet424 @mitu
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                                        @mitu
                                        i thought the disk got formated as exfat

                                        /dev/sda1      exfat     1.9T  2.2M  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                                        

                                        so what do you mean exactly by "OK, so the disc is not formated as exfat and mounted via the native kernel support, without fuse. This should take out the extra CPU consumed by using fuse and ntfs."

                                        explain it for someone that doesnt know the fuse and the native kernel support or the extra cpu consummed etc

                                        network is cabled 1gb connection..
                                        its copying any file.. that i getting only 2-10mbs the dd command shows 18mb/s is that saying its only read writting? large or small just doesnt matter ):

                                        im using the nespi 4 from my how to guide i made
                                        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28848/guide-how-to-setup-nespi-4?_=1646095106362

                                        so i dont know if it falls under that i thought i solved the slow problem speeds with my article about mounting the sata controller as i think i read that article and thats how i made my article from it

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                                        • mituM
                                          mitu Global Moderator
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                                          @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                                          explain it for someone that doesnt know the fuse and the native kernel support or the extra cpu consummed etc

                                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS-3G#Performance

                                          so i dont know if it falls under that i thought i solved the slow problem speeds with my article about mounting the sata controller as i think i read that article and thats how i made my article from it

                                          Did you add the quirks configuration to /boot/cmdline.txt ? Can you try without it ?

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                                            comet424 @mitu
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                                            yes and no

                                            i actually still running the same nintendo nesp case you see in the article i made.. all i did for myself was upgrade from 250gb to a 2tb and i use the 250gb in a new system for a friend.. and speeds were fine for it..

                                            so i didnt need to change the cmdline as i made thes changes back in 2020 .. but ill try removing the part in the cmdline to see if it works for a 2tb i had to add it for the 250 and 500gb

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