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    OS on eMMC, ROMs on SD?

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      RedbeardTheVast
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      Howdy. I’m new to RetroPie and SBCs in general. In the process of loading 4.4 onto a Tinker Board S. The OS (Debian/RetroPie) is running off the eMMC, but doesn’t have enough space to store my ROMs as well. Is there a way I can run my ROMs from the SD card? Only relevant information I can find is related to running the OS from SD and ROMs from USB.

      I apologize if I’ve missed some vital information or conversation about this. I just haven’t been able to find anything online.

      Cheers!

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        mitu Global Moderator @RedbeardTheVast
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        @RedbeardTheVast You can try using the procedure to run the ROMs from USB (the Manual mount method) and replace the USB device with SD device, the setup should be the same and it's just the mount device that's different. The USB device should be something like /dev/sda1, the SD device probably something like /dev/mmcblk0p1.

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