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    400gb sd card

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    • djshenanigansD
      djshenanigans
      last edited by

      Hi All,

      First post so please be kind :)
      I have set up retropie successfully and have some roms working via a usb stcik.
      I have tried to expand the sd via retropies internal settings to free up the extra pspace on the card to add the roms to.
      What I am looking to do is to have all of my roms and retropie all on the same SD card.
      Is this possible?
      I feel like I am missing something.
      Any help would be greatly appreciated.
      PS sorry if this was asked before I searched the forums but couldn't find anything

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by mitu

        @djshenanigans said in 400gb sd card:

        I have tried to expand the sd via retropies internal settings to free up the extra pspace on the card to add the roms to.

        Free up from what ? The RetroPie image automatically expands the sd card Linux partition when first booted, so expanding should not be necessary.

        EDIT: you can see how much space you have available by exiting EmulationStation and looking at the welcome message displayed in the terminal - it has an overview of how much disk space is available for RetroPie on the the main (/ - root) partition.

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        • djshenanigansD
          djshenanigans
          last edited by

          Hi Mitu, thanks for your reply.
          Sorry I may not have been clear.
          So I have my SD card and it is set up as the boot. I want to put my roms on the same SD card. Is there a way to do this?
          I have had sucess with and external USB but I want to be able to use my new SD card.
          Thanks again
          DJ

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @djshenanigans
            last edited by

            @djshenanigans You can use the File Manager (from the RetroPie system in EmulationStation) to copy your ROMs to the SD card, from the USB stick. Just rename the retropie-mount folder on the USB, so it's not automatically mounted over the ROMs folder by RetroPie. After plugging in the USB stick, the files there should be available under /media/usb0.

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