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    "Is out of system path" error on emulationstation startup

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    • enigma776E
      enigma776
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      Pi Model or other hardware: PI 3 Model B
      Power Supply used: Official Supply
      RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.1.14
      Built From: Rasbian and retropie_setup.sh
      USB Devices connected: single usb HDD
      Controller used: Xbox 360
      Error messages received: Is out of system path
      Guide used: Manual Installation (https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/manual-installation)
      How to replicate the problem: Unknown

      I have my roms on my PC and I have used symlinks to link them to the Pi and all was working fine, until today when I booted up and got the "is out of system path" error and I have no idea why.

      I used this to make the links sudo ln -s /mnt/roms/GAMES/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Games

      Replace Games with the actual path.

      I have my windows drives mounted via fstab and they mount fine and I can see the contents just fine.

      Any idea why emulationstation is throwing its toys out of the pram?

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @enigma776
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        @enigma776 perhaps you can try the method here?

        https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • enigma776E
          enigma776 @herb_fargus
          last edited by

          @herb_fargus Its an idea but I do not have any spare usb drives.

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