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    Need help for mounting /roms to a hdd

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      Muffy
      last edited by

      Hi,
      I try to mount /home/pi/RetroPie/roms into my HDD.
      Unfortunately I can't get it to work.

      I did:
      sudo mv -v /home/pi/RetroPie/roms* /media/usb0/RetroPie

      ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
      total 0
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 26 00:56 6aa03a50-631e-4a68-92ed-1e0119c35137 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 26 00:56 74BE72F5BE72AF6C -> ../../sda1
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Mar 26 00:56 8FE5-3435 -> ../../mmcblk0p1

      sudo nano /etc/fstab
      UUID=74BE72F5BE72AF6C /home/pi/RetroPie/roms ntfs nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0 2

      I guess that /roms is only mounted to /media/usb0 and not to /media/usb0/Retropie/roms

      How can i solve this problem?
      Thanks for any help

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators
        last edited by

        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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          Muffy
          last edited by

          I tried it with this tutorial, but i guess the UUID method only works by mounting just to the root of the hdd and not to a specfic folder.

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          • herb_fargusH
            herb_fargus administrators @Muffy
            last edited by

            @Muffy it mounts to a specific folder on the harddrive. It's called retropie-mountyou have to create it. Just follow the automatic method

            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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            • obsidianspiderO
              obsidianspider
              last edited by

              The only "gotcha" with the automatic method that I found was that it copies over the folder structure and the base BIOS files, but not the files in the retropiemenu folder, or any of the ROMs. It was easy enough to fix, but other than that one little hiccup, it works really well for me.

              📷 @obsidianspider

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                Muffy
                last edited by

                I've tried now the automatic method, but i can't get it running. :(

                I've created the retropie-mount folder and retropie created the subfolders like "roms" and so on.
                If i browse through the folders via ssh/WinSCP, it looks like everything is correct mounted.

                BUT RetroPie doesn't show my games.

                Any suggestions?

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                  Muffy
                  last edited by

                  I think i give it up. :(
                  The automatic method doesn't work for me.
                  Everything should be correct mounted, but the games don't show up.

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