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      Pi Drive Setup / Add Roms to USB device

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      Thanks for your assistance. From the link you gave I used FAT32formatter, it appears to have worked. I got some error messages from the program, but it seems to be working ok.

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      USB Port Numbers Changing Randomly

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      @cerealspiller great! Glad it worked for you and thank you for the update!

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      Storing Kodi movies on separate USB drive than roms mount?

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      @DigitalMonkey Oh, that is sweet! Thanks. Sorry, I thought it would just be more complicated!

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      Question about using multiple USB sticks

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      @scully1888 why not put "everything else" on the SD card?

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      Is it possible to use 2 USB drives for storage? (RetroPie)

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      @Allanbuzzy I'm not sure the Raspberry Pi will allow you to raid USB devices together.

      There are these little gadgets that might come in handy.
      http://www.ebay.com/itm/MMC-SD-HAT-for-the-Raspberry-Pi-/201697243538?hash=item2ef617b192:g:4BAAAOSwawpXwf8f

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      USB ROM Transfer Service does not support UTF-8

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      Automatic Mount (USB ROM Transfer Service) with UTF-8 Encoding?

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      tostatiT

      i have the same problem with last retropie, copying movies in kodi

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      Retropie or Emulation Station entirely off of a USB stick or USB drive

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      My guess is that the best way to do this is to install Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 16.04) to a USB drive and make it bootable.
      Then boot into Linux from that USB stick, and install Retropie following the instructions on the RetroPie website for x86/64 Ubuntu.

      When you want to enter the world of RetroPie, simply boot the USB stick from the computer UEFI/BIOS boot menu.

      I imagine that you'll want to use a fairly large USB stick to hold all the ROMs you wish to use.
      64GB or even 128GB would almost certainly get you the bulk of the decent emulators.

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      Question about ROMS on a USB drive ??

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      You Guys are Awesome !!!!! Thank you very much !!!!

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      ROMs from USB Drive - What Happens To SD Card?

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      obsidianspiderO

      @herb_fargus Thanks. I wasn't sure how that worked. So it's essentially a smart redirect that says if the drive is installed to ignore that directory on the SD card, but if the USB drive isn't there, then fall back and use the directory SD card.

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      New USB stick won't auto-load roms into my RPi....

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      Thanks! That's the goal for me!

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      USB / SD Ports are Really Messed Up. Desperate for help!

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      Different storage locations (sources) for different emulators.

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      Big Micro SD, USB, or NAS-based storage?

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      @enderandrew This isn't necessarily the case because some USB 2.0 flash drives are a lot slower than what the USB 2.0 standard allows in my experience. With A USB 3.0 flash drive, you will likely see performance much closer to the maximum USB 2.0 is capable of on the Pi as they are built for speed. I bought a low-profile USB 3.0 drive for this reason and in my case, throughput did not disappoint.

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      Multiple Disc loading Directly From USB

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      [Feature Request]Show USB-Rom transfer status

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      I would recommend using the network to copy large amounts of data. Or use a tool like mc to copy roms manually (don't make the retropie folder, so the usbromservice to copy them triggers).

      Network is easiest though.

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      Powerblock Drivers using USB drive

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      The PowerBlock works with the Pi Zero! One way for getting the needed packages and files on the SD card could be to use a "bigger" Raspberry with Wifi or Ethernet to prepare the SD card.

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      Export/import game save files to/from USB.

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      So I was looking around in different forums and exploring the RetroPie files myself a bit.

      I want to create a menu selection under the RetroPie menu to run the save file backup. Here is what I'm thinking may work:

      create an empty .rp file called gavesave-backup.rp under /home/pi/RetroPie/retropiemenu create an icon and call it gsbackup.png and save it under ~/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons/ create an entry in the gamelist.xml file under /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/retropiemenu/ directory with: <game> <path>./gamesave-backup.rp</path> <name>Gamesave Backup</name> <desc>Create a backup of all your games savefiles and save states and export them to a USB stick.</desc> <image>~/RetroPie/retropiemenu/icons/gsbackup.png</image> </game> create a SH script named gamesave-backup.sh under /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/ to backup SRM, STATE, and DAT files (for CaveStory gamesaves). For example: #!/bin/bash find . -name "*.srm" -o -name "*.state*" -o -name "*.dat" | xargs cp --parents -t /media/(name of USB drive)/

      So once all that is done, it should hopefully run from the menu. I have a few concerns though.
      Will it run and come back to the RetroPie menu?
      Will it just go to a black screen and not come back?
      What will happen if someone runs it without having the USB plugged in, or puts in another USB that doesn't have the name listed in the SH file?
      Is there a better way to define the USB by mounting it first rather than specifying it by name?

      Can anyone check this or give me some clarification? Thanks in advance.

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      Cannot mount ext4 external USB drive

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