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    USB Drives Not Connecting

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      What kind of USB drive ? Is it a simple flash drive, or an external USB drive (SSD/SATA) ? If it's an external drive, does it have its own power source ?
      What kind of power supply are you using ?

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        Recordspinner @mitu
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        @mitu Simple thumb drives, no power source.

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        • sirhenrythe5thS
          sirhenrythe5th @Recordspinner
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          @Recordspinner said in USB Drives Not Connecting:

          I've tried to connect a USB drive to add ROMS, but according to File Manager

          If it is just about adding roms and you are using a filemanager...why dont you just copy the roms to your pi without using an USB-Stick?

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            Recordspinner @sirhenrythe5th
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            @sirhenrythe5th I'd like to keep games on a seperate device, as my SD card only has 8gb.

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              Recordspinner @Recordspinner
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              @Recordspinner I tried using Automount, and that didn't work.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Recordspinner
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                @Recordspinner said in USB Drives Not Connecting:

                Simple thumb drives, no power source.

                What kind of power supply are you using on the Pi ?
                Exit EmulationStation (or log in via SSH to your RetroPie system) and run

                dmesg -w
                

                then plug in the USB stick. See if you get any messages and post them here - the USB detection should be logged on to your terminal.
                You can stop the command by pressing Ctrl+C.

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                  Recordspinner @mitu
                  last edited by Recordspinner

                  @mitu I'll check when I get home.
                  EDIT: I just remembered. It's a micro USB cable plugged into a big charging brick with 1 outlet. It came with the Kano kit that this setup is based on.

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                    Recordspinner @mitu
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                    @mitu I'll try that.

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                      Recordspinner @mitu
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                      @mitu it said it attached scsi removable disc.

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @Recordspinner
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                        So the USB drive is detected, but I'd need to see the actual messages that show up to see if the partitions are properly detected.

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                          Recordspinner @mitu
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                          @mitu I'm going to try manually mounting it real quick.

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                            Recordspinner @Recordspinner
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                            @Recordspinner Didn't work, renamed files and I had to reinstall Retropie

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