Who can give me a definitive guide to running ROMs from NAS, spent all day and can't get it to work.....

icooney

I have spent the day trying to get my 4.8.0 on RPI 3 to use my NAS to read my ROMs from as I'm fed up of having to copy ones over all the time.

The issue I face is nothing is shown in the menu, I see no games. It appears to mount and user credentials don't cause any issue.

I have a Synology NAS with a specific share and specific user for the RetroPie.

I have tried the official guide: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-Network-Share/
Didn't work.

I have tried everything in the discussion linked:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2870/running-roms-from-a-network-share
Didn't work.

I have gone round in circles, does anyone have a simple definitive set of instructions that will enable me to setup to run ROMs from my NAS?

Thanks in advance.

mitu

Please add more info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

How did you set-up the mount process - did you use /etc/fstab or you added the mount command before emulationstation starts (in the autostart.sh script) ?
If user credentials are ok, I assume the listinf of ROMs is also fine - your pi user can list/read the ROM files from the mounted share ?

icooney

@mitu
Pi Model 3B+
Power Supply used: Pi original
RetroPie Version Used 4.8.0
Built From: official SD Image on RetroPie website, loaded via Raspberry Pi Imager
USB Devices connected: none
Controller used: 8BitDo Pr 2
Error messages received: None
Verbose log (if relevant):
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide) Official one mentioned above and then all the suggestions in the forum linked above also
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: (Name of emulator - if applicable)
Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
How to replicate the problem: It is always there as it can't seem to see the ROMs on my NAS.

icooney

@mitu

How did you set-up the mount process - did you use /etc/fstab - Yes I tried this second as per the official set up guide

or you added the mount command before emulationstation starts (in the autostart.sh script) ? - Yes I tried this first as per the official guide

If user credentials are ok, I assume the listinf of ROMs is also fine - your pi user can list/read the ROM files from the mounted share ? Not sure how I check this, please advise and I can get back t you on this one.

mitu

@icooney said in Who can give me a definitive guide to running ROMs from NAS, spent all day and can't get it to work.....:

Not sure how I check this, please advise and I can get back t you on this one.

If you browse the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms folder with mc (Midnight Commander) file browser, can you see the ROM folders for each system and the files inside ?

retropieuser555

http://cagewebdev.com/raspberry-pi-connecting-to-a-network-drive/

There's step here for the fstab option that can be useful:- in terminal sudo mount /home/pi/RetroPie/roms (or whatever folder your mounting the NAS folder into)

It should give you an error if it's not working using fstab

icooney

@mitu said in Who can give me a definitive guide to running ROMs from NAS, spent all day and can't get it to work.....:

@icooney said in Who can give me a definitive guide to running ROMs from NAS, spent all day and can't get it to work.....:

Not sure how I check this, please advise and I can get back t you on this one.

If you browse the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms folder with mc (Midnight Commander) file browser, can you see the ROM folders for each system and the files inside ?

No I only see the local ROMs folder not the NAS folder

mitu

No I only see the local ROMs folder not the NAS folder

Not sure what that means. If you followed the guide(s), the ROMs folder are not 'local' anymore, but their contents are read from the remote NAS server, you wouldn't be able to see the local folders.

Can you post the output of the mount command ? Just to check if your ROMs folders are indeed local or remotely mounted from the NAS.

icooney

@mitu
Fixed, using MC I could see everything, just my folder structures were wrong and so nothing was showing up, quick rearrangement and it's all good.

Thank you for your help.