I need help putting roms on my usb

_Moosh_

mitu

@_moosh_ You could try running chkdisk on the partition that's not recognized.

_Moosh_

@mitu chkdsk says it’s Fat32, as it should be, since it is formatted for the pi.
but it also says:
An error occurred while reading the file allocation table (FAT 1).
and then that same message but with (FAT 2). at the end, and then another message: There are no readable file allocation tables (FAT).

_Moosh_

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Addison

The only thing I can think of to try is to just keep your hard drive plugged into the Pi and then use something like WinSCP to transfer over those files.

edale

You might be able to FTP the files over, with the external HDD plugged into the Pi.

akafox

SSH/FTP will work just fine. I have done it myself many times. However it will take some time. might want to be wired for this. If you can plug another drive into the pi..then use midnight commander (the file manager) in the retropie menu and copy that way. Six games over ssh (wireless) three hours..using the file manager took 20 minutes from a cheap usb stick. Note that all my psx that were transferred were .bpb format. cue/bi/iso will take a little longer.

And I take it your drive is properly powered when plugged into the pi correct? The pi can not really power a USB hard drive and itself. As for the PC issue..I have no idea..have another PC to test it with?

_Moosh_

@akafox it does have enough power, but it won’t let me ssh it... i have it connected to my pc via Ethernet cable. Im using WinSCP but when I tried to copy the files over it had an error

mitu

@_moosh_ Maybe SSH is not enabled - try to enable it https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/

_Moosh_

@mitu it is enabled

Trailjacker

So, stupid questions :

Did you get the updated IP from the Retopie Menu?
Does the Pi still run other games off of the Ext HDD?
In WinSCP are you using SFTP Protocol?
WHat error do you get when you try to SSH in?
Is the error on the HD in windows to Format it or to check for errors?

_Moosh_

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_Moosh_

@Trailjacker

Did you get the updated IP from the Retopie Menu? No, it didn’t show an ip. I can still ssh into it though

Does the Pi still run other games off of the Ext HDD? Yes, the HDD works just fine

In WinSCP are you using SFTP Protocol? Yes

WHat error do you get when you try to SSH in?
Copying files to remote side failed.
General failure (server should provide error description).
Error code: 4
Error message from server: Failure

Is the error on the HD in windows to Format it or to check for errors? Both, I think. Format for sure

_Moosh_

I ordered a 500gb ext HDD for all my ps1 iso’s for the pi. Can I have both the new 500gb HDD and my 1TB HDD plugged into the pi at the same time to play games? Or does it only let you use one..?

Trailjacker

If it doesn't show an IP it shouldn't be connected to the network. Which would make me ask how you got the IP to SSH into.

Besides that, are you able to download files through WinSCP just not upload them? If so, it is almost definitely a permission problem in my opinion. I had something similar with my rom folder on my first Pi3 install and I had to CHMOD the roms directory to 755 I believe, but I'd have to check.

_Moosh_

@trailjacker it never even asked me for the ip, just the username and password to the pi... maybe because it’s connected directly to the computer via Ethernet cable?
Also I can download stuff from the pi, but not upload, as you said

Trailjacker

Ok then one of two things may be happening:

Permissions are incorrect.
Your sd card is full. -> Just happened to me a few mins ago and gave the same error. I forgot to expand my file system when I replaced it with a bigger card :)

If you think it may be the permissions you can try to reset them in the setup:

type :

sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

Then go to congi/tools and there should be a reset permissions option.

If you think its a space issue you can run the 'df' command and see what your sd cad free space is. If it's a free space issue I might know why.

I don't know how external drives work to answer your other question. Did you follow the guide for
the USB Transfer Daemon and such when you connected your drives?

_Moosh_

@trailjacker
Ok, I will reset perms and check the sd card, thanks
Oh, the 500gb isn’t here yet

_Moosh_

@trailjacker I reset the perms and did df, but ssh still doesn’t work.. I don’t think the sd card is full, but df showed the space left in the HDD not the SD card.

Trailjacker

How many gb of roms are on the external HD?

Use the command 'df -Bm' to check the sd card. I'm curious if the roms copied from the HD to the sdcard filling it up.