RetroPie won't install any BIOs

N-Game Arts

This "retropie manager" kind like a program where I can pull out my SD card and plug into my PC and manage the games and bios easily...
cause that would make things a hell of a lot easier!

tashman

@N-Game-Arts

By far the easiest way is to connect the Pi to your network either by WiFi or wired Ethernet and then dragging/dropping roms/bios files within windows on your PC. See "Samba Shares" section in here:-

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Transferring-Roms

Sano

AFAIK it's the purpose of the USB Rom Transfer Tool. Is it activated ?
Could you paste the logs ?

TMNTturtlguy

@N-Game-Arts you do not want to pull out the SD care and put the SD card into your computer to transfer files. You should use one of the many other methods.

N-Game Arts

@tashman
I was really hoping to save that as the very last resort to getting them to the Pi.
Do to later down the line I was hoping to make a few more as a gift to people. :/

N-Game Arts

@Sano
I'm not sure how to tell if it's "activated" or not
and I don't know what or how to get to the "logs" to show that to you.

I would gladly show if I knew how...
sorry.

N-Game Arts

@TMNTturtlguy
umm. o.o.... well I've already tried hooking it back into my PC before I came to you all...
Didn't work.

I downloaded this " retropie manager" to my Pi.. but then how do I use it, if not by removing the SD?

TMNTturtlguy

@N-Game-Arts you really need to just read the documents that tell you how to do everything. There is a great link a the top of the page that give you all of this information.

Transferring Roms

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

N-Game Arts

I did read the "documents" ... and won't lie a LOT of it did not make sense.
I did almost everything I could before coming to you all and wait "retropie manager" is a another "need internet"
What is with this needing "internet" to transfer files... how can the idea of just unhooking the SD and pluging into a PC to transfer the deta the big NO, NO... but using the internet is alright. -___-
Seems a little ass backwards to me...

But I digress...
I already tried fallow the Samba Shares thing... I have no clue how to get in even to work.
I fallowed what I was told to fallow and got nothing.

I'm sorry... just getting a little tired of this run around.
as I said.. a LOT of this is new to me and I'm learning as I go. ^^;

tashman

@N-Game-Arts

If you don't want to connect the Pi to the network (even temporarily just to transfer the files) then the only other way is to manually copy the files from the USB stick to the Pi using the command line. However, that requires some basic Linux knowledge.

You can't just plug the SD card into your PC because Windows will only see the small boot partition of the SD card and not the filesystem with the roms/bios files as it is in a different unreadable format. That's why you need additional tools (like Win32_diskwriter) to write the whole image to the SD card in the first place.

N-Game Arts

@tashman
It's not a matter of not wanting to use the network anymore... it's just not working
I've used now the Samba Shares, WinSCP and now tried the Retropie Manager and will not link me to my Pi.
At this point it would be easier with the command lines... cause I already had to do that just get the overscan thing to work. <.<

I'm sorry... snap at you guys like that...
it just seems such easier way to do it but at last can't be done. T-T

space cadet

Did you enable shh transfers?

N-Game Arts

@space-cadet
Not sure what that is or how to enable it?
No, I can not get the Pi on the same network... I got it hooked by wire, but no one will tell me what to do from there
I got the IP address and all that but again will not find it on my PC.

Again... how do I fix so I can just transfer the BIOs to the SD card from the flashdrive... is there no way to fix this, but to only use ass backwards internet.?

herb_fargus

@N-Game-Arts https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/#transferring-roms

N-Game Arts

I fallowed everything in the list and still will not find the Pi to the network.
I turned on SSH, I downloaded Putty, I tried using WinSCP again... I tried re-searching it as \retropie
and keep being told "Can Not Be Found"

and I couldn't find anything on fixing the BIOs to the SD card from the flashdrive problem I'm having.

[edit]
I just tired reformating the flashdrive and putting the PS1 bios into the BIOs file and it still did not transfer the PS1 bios to the SD crads BIOS file.

N-Game Arts

Okay, I tried looking for the PS1 bios in the "File Manager"
/media/usb/retropie/BIOS/
and copied the file "SCPH1001.BIN too
/home/Pi/RetroPie/BIOS
but this error poped up.

[ Error: Cannot create target file "/home/Pi/RetroPie/BIOS" No such file or directory (2) ]

What am I doing wrong? ... shouldn't this have worked?
Please I'm running out of ideas of what hell I'm supposed to do?

Sano

Linux is case sensitive, so it's /home/pi/RetroPie/bios :)

mediamogul

@Sano

I'm sure you simply mistyped, but it would actually be:

/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS

TMNTturtlguy

@N-Game-Arts I am getting very frustrated with this post. I am usually one that feels bad for new members who might not have followed all the rules and posted questions before reading the docs, and i try to help where i can. Your attitude and language in your posts is not very friendly or appropriate and i am surprised so many people have continued to try to respond and help. We have offered you about every solution there is to your problem. We have presented several different ways you can accomplish what you are trying to do, and each of us has posted links to directions, videos and written description to accomplish exactly what you need. Honestly, if you are having this many issues following the very good documentation on how to transfer roms and bios, I am not sure you will be able to make if much further with your project.

Here is what i ask of you: Please approach the forum and those who help you with kind words and ask for help, explain when things do not work properly, and do not use inappropriate language. Second, please embrace retropie and all of the struggles and celebrate the accomplishment of figuring things out. The most fun part of this project is that you can do so many things, and research, trial and error will get you where you need to be. Lastly, when you post your issues/problems try to give us a clear description of what you did, step by step, and what errors or outcomes you received. It will help us help you!

Glad to have you in the community, hope to keep helping you out, and hope we can help solve your problems.

Sano

@mediamogul
My bad, you're totally right.
Stupid mistake, I checked if BIOS was in caps, ... through a samba share -_-
10 years as a Linux sysadmin and i fall for this :(
I'm going to whip myself with nettles