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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:

      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
              last edited by mitu

              @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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                  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
                      last edited by mitu

                      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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                            Drdave79 @mitu
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                            @mitu No change :(

                            This is where I got the UUID from. Assuming I got the 1808-1615 correct.

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

                              Assuming I got the 1808-1615 correct.

                              Yes, that's correct - the output from the mount command showed that /home/pi/extra is correctly mounted from the external disc.

                              No idea why it's not working, the usbromservice uses a similar approach to mount the roms folder (i.e. mount --bind).

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                                Drdave79 @mitu
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                                @mitu Alright. I appreciate your trying to help. I'll move the roms back to the sd card. Please let me know if you think of anything else.

                                Thanks again.

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