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    rom folder on network not mounted at start #network

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @Stargrove1
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      @Stargrove1 Are you sure it's the correct /etc/fstab entry ? You're missing the mountpoint (2nd position), which should be /home/pi/RetroPie/roms.

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        Stargrove1
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        Sorry, my mistake, it has to be:

        //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto 0 0

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          Stargrove1
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          Entry in the autostart.sh is:
          sudo mount -t cifs -o username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by

            The /etc/fstab entry seems fine. Can you try adding x-systemd.automount to the mount options and reboot to see if it's auto-mounted on start ?

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              Stargrove1
              last edited by

              When changing to

              //mynas/Multimedia/Spiele/Retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms cifs username=xxx,password=xxx,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

              no roms available, I tried to do sudo mount -a, the output is

              /sbin/mount.cifs: invalid option -- 't'
              
              Usage:  mount.cifs <remotetarget> <dir> -o <options>
              
              Mount the remote target, specified as a UNC name, to a local directory.```
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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @Stargrove1
                last edited by

                @Stargrove1 I don't get that error if I test with a local address. What version of RetroPie are you using (see https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first) ?

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                  Stargrove1 @mitu
                  last edited by

                  Version states 4.4.11

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    Sorry, can't figure out why this doesn't work. Try looking in the dmesg output after the boot or adding a larger timeout before ES starts in autostart.sh.

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                      Stargrove1
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                      Thank you very much for the help, I will continue setting up the Retropie with local roms and try again with a spare Pi to get the network solution running.

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                        Stargrove1
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                        Today I tried again with a new reflashed image on my pi zero w, I just added Wifi and autostart.sh entry and it worked fine. Guess I will just start over with my pi 3 to get the actual system running from network.

                        Thank you for your support

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