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    Largest size micro sd card?

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      chavatar @mediamogul
      last edited by

      @mediamogul - much appreciated :)

      I was under the impression that one was a symlink of the other

      So was I, and I'm sure mine's odd in some way, but good to check.

      "the night belongs to the day before"

      Yang-yin baby! :)

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      • InsecureSpikeI
        InsecureSpike @mediamogul
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        @mediamogul said in Largest size micro sd card?:

        @chavatar said in Largest size micro sd card?:

        I hadn't realised you can't run .sh scripts directly from some file systems. Is that why you explicitly need to mount the drive rather than let it automount?

        Auto-mounting will work, you just need to tell the system how to auto-mount it so as to gain the maximum level of compatibilty. The one thing it still will not allow is putting a symlink on the mounted fat32 drive. eDuke32 for example, tries to use a symlink in launching from it's "emulators.cfg" ES menu script. This can be fixed by altering the script to call out to the actual folder it needs (-j/opt/retropie/ports/eduke32/shareware) rather than the symlink that does not exist because it couldn't be created.

        ...seems to be different from /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg ...I haven't realy looked into it, but any thoughts would be appreciated

        I was under the impression that one was a symlink of the other, but if you are customizing it without being affected by updates, then I guess they're different. That's interesting. I'll check it out tomorrow. Hah, or later today I guess. Although I've always subscribed to the notion that "the night belongs to the day before".

        @chavatar said in Largest size micro sd card?:

        @mediamogul - much appreciated :)

        I was under the impression that one was a symlink of the other

        So was I, and I'm sure mine's odd in some way, but good to check.

        "the night belongs to the day before"

        Yang-yin baby! :)

        the new location for custom es_systems.cfg etc

        /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

        the original is still at

        /etc/emulationstation

        RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
        RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
        both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @InsecureSpike
          last edited by mediamogul

          Ah, good to know. Thanks Chavatar.

          Edit: Sorry... I mean InsecureSpike.

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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            chavatar @InsecureSpike
            last edited by

            @InsecureSpike said in Largest size micro sd card?:

            /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

            Cheers. Sorry you had to spell it out (again).

            @mediamogul - not sure why you're thanking me ;)

            Happy gaming!

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @chavatar
              last edited by mediamogul

              @mediamogul - not sure why you're thanking me ;)

              Lack of sleep.

              Although, feel free to keep the thanks and use it throughout the day in lieu of those who forget to say it.

              RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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              • RionR
                Rion @InsecureSpike
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                @InsecureSpike said in Largest size micro sd card?:

                maybe try ext4 it has a faster transfere rate. and is better suited for usage on rpi

                Ext4 if you are running an Linux distribution so you can easy read and write to it from you desktop.

                Fat32 if you are running Windows.

                Just my two cent. :)

                FBNeo rom filtering
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                  ceconl
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                  I followed the directions here based on reading the advice and most things work. However now when I try to start mame4all roms I get issues where every rom errors out in loading stating that it can't find "romx, y, z"... I updated the xml file for the rom locations to /media/usb0/mame-mame4all

                  To verify that was the issue I moved a few back to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all and they started working again. Any thoughts?

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                  • RionR
                    Rion @ceconl
                    last edited by

                    @ceconl said in Largest size micro sd card?:

                    I followed the directions here based on reading the advice and most things work. However now when I try to start mame4all roms I get issues where every rom errors out in loading stating that it can't find "romx, y, z"... I updated the xml file for the rom locations to /media/usb0/mame-mame4all

                    To verify that was the issue I moved a few back to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-mame4all and they started working again. Any thoughts?

                    I would read this thread again and then mount the drive permanently using the link I provided. Also read the comments in this thread and in the link I posted.

                    That should solve your problems.

                    FBNeo rom filtering
                    Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
                    Fba Arcade Bezels
                    Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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                    • retromarineR
                      retromarine
                      last edited by

                      I use a 128GB micro SD...Sandisk Ultra. Works great. I have nearly 200 PS1 games on it

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                        binpaxjunk
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                        http://thecoolstufftobuy.com/largest-sd-card-larger-laptop/ here's an article i found talking about this subject i think it's a 1 Tb Sandisk

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                        • SixSpeedDeathS
                          SixSpeedDeath
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                          Because I'm a freak for aesthetics, I backup the fully sorted image to my server and run rsync on the save files to sync them to the server as well. If the SD corrupts, I just have to rewrite the sorted image, and sync saves.

                          Just another alternative option.

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                          • ShizzmoneyS
                            Shizzmoney
                            last edited by Shizzmoney

                            I have a 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Card. Works pretty well for me. I went with using the Fat 32 Format tool method for the higher compatibility rate.

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