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    Problem transferring roms to thumb drive

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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      @Drdave79 said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

      Which looks different than this in the instructions:

      You're typing the command wrong - it's -l (lowecase L), not -1 (numeric 1).

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        Drdave79 @mitu
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            Drdave79 @mitu
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            @mitu ok, this still isn't working. On restart, all games are missing. If I take the usb drive out, they come back. USBromservice is disabled.

            I moved all of my PSX games (5 hours) to the usb drive in the /home/pi/extra/psx folder.

            This is the autostart.sh file:

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            This is the fstab file:

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            @mitu any ideas?

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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              @Drdave79 You're mounting the disc on /home/pi/RetroPie, instead of /home/pi/RetroPie/extra. This 'masks' the roms folder on the sdcard, that's why they appear missing.

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                Drdave79 @mitu
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                @mitu So I need to change the fstab file or the autostart.sh file?

                And the subfolder structure on the usb drive is /home/pi/extra. Do I need to change it to /home/pi/RetroPie/extra?

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                  Drdave79 @mitu
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                  @mitu ok, so I changed the fstab to read UUID=1808-1615 /home/pi/extra... which matches the subfolder structure on the USB drive and it booted up with the rest of the roms ok. But PSX is missing. It's not seeing them on the USB drive.

                  Is the 3rd line of the autostart.sh file telling the system to replace the location of the PSX roms from the sd card to the usb drive? If so, it appears correct.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
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                    If you're starting the File Manager, do you see the psx folder in the /home/pi/extra folder ? What's the output of the mount command ?

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                      Drdave79 @mitu
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                      @mitu I'm using WinSCP, but not sure how I can see the USB drive from that? If I pull the USB drive and plug it into the PC I can see them. How can I see the output of the mount command? Do you need me to do something from the Pi itself?

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                        mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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                        @Drdave79 said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                        I'm using WinSCP, but not sure how I can see the USB drive from that?

                        If the drive is mounted on /home/pi/extra, then browse that folder and see what's underneath.

                        How can I see the output of the mount command? Do you need me to do something from the Pi itself?

                        Doesn't WinSCP offers a way to run a remote command ? Just run mount and post the output.

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                          Drdave79 @mitu
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                            mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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                            @Drdave79 I don't see the psx roms folder being mounted - if you manually execute the mount command from autostart.sh, does it give you an error ?

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                              Drdave79 @mitu
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                              @mitu I'm sorry Mitu, I know you're trying to help and I appreciate it, but I'm going to need more help/instruction to answer your question. What do you want me to do exactly?

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                                mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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                                @Drdave79 Run the next command from WinSCP (copy the command and paste it there) just like you've run the previous mount command:

                                sudo mount -o bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
                                

                                then restart EmulationStation and see if your PS1 games show up.

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                                  Drdave79 @mitu
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                                  @mitu said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                                  sudo mount -o bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
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                                    So, back to the 1st question - do you have a psx folder under /home/pi/extra ? The error seems to hint that there's no such folder.

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                                      Drdave79 @mitu
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                                      @mitu On the usb drive, yes. /home/pi/extra/psx. All of the roms are in there.

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                                        mitu Global Moderator
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                                        Hm, I think I've got the command wrong. Try this:

                                        sudo mount --bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
                                        

                                        and restart EmulationStation. If that works, replace the mount command from autostart.sh accordingly and see if it works after a reboot.

                                        #... rest of the commands from `autostart.sh`
                                        sudo mount --bind  /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
                                        emulationstation #auto
                                        
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                                          Drdave79 @mitu
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                                          @mitu said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                                          sudo mount --bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx

                                          Unfortunately still not working:

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                                          This is the USB drive path:

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                                          Also, after moving all of the roms to the USB drive, the home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx folder on the SD card is empty. Does that matter?

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                                            mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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                                            @Drdave79 said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                                            Unfortunately still not working:

                                            Try adding the command directly in autostart.sh.

                                            Also, after moving all of the roms to the USB drive, the home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx folder on the SD card is empty. Does that matter?

                                            No, it doesn't.

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