LAN saves to sync between different machines.

Spaccaimeni91

Is it possible to store saves on a LAN address? For example a folder on a rpi 0 W which is always running pihole in the same LAN?
As far as I understand, retropie should mount the pi 0 W's drive on boot to make it works. How to do that? And how to set a network address on Linux?
I'd like to do the same also on retroarch for switch and for windows.

Also a cloud way could be interesting.

I'm sorry but I'm quite noob....
Thanks!

mitu

@spaccaimeni91 said in LAN saves to sync between different machines.:

Is it possible to store saves on a LAN address? [...]

Yes, but you'd have to know your way around Linux. You can set a Save dir for each platform you use to a central folder, which you can network mount from your PI (via NFS or SMB).

For cloud saves, a forum user created a script - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/18712/script-setup-script-to-sync-saves-to-cloud-services. Since the utility the script uses underneath (rclone) supports SSH, you could configure it to use SFTP for save states upload/download without 'mounting' additional folders.

Spaccaimeni91

The script is very interesting! The only problem is I think shouldn't works for retroarch switch and windows.

For LAN the best way I think set smb://192.168.1.xxx/home/pi/saves as default for all saves, but how to mount it instantly at boot?
And permission must be setted by pi zero, right?

mitu

@spaccaimeni91 said in LAN saves to sync between different machines.:

The script is very interesting! The only problem is I think shouldn't works for retroarch switch and windows.

The script is meant to be used on Linux and Retropie (I think it integrates with the user menu in the Runcommand). For other platforms, you'll have to replicate it or find another solution.

For LAN the best way I think set smb://192.168.1.xxx/home/pi/saves as default for all saves, but how to mount it instantly at boot?

You can find an example in the Docs on how to mount a remote FS at boot.