Pi4 and 2TB Hdd boot problem.

soulfunkdjx

@folly yes i resized the hdd. That is happening even if i write a new image of retropie. Not only by transfering the old one.
The hdd is a new one.
This has nothing to do with the power supply.
I am 100% that i must change something to the code so when i am booting up raspberry to bypass that disc check and the emergency mode.

Folly

@soulfunkdjx

Just for the record.
My experience with making a clone is that it's very time consuming.
Making a new OS and copying back the stuff is much faster.

Ok, if creating a new one is also a problem then it probably has something to do with how you write the image or maybe your hdd isn't properly detected by the rpi firmware.

You should update the rpi firmware for booting from the hdd to the latest firmware possible. (in raspi-config)
Though, I read somewhere that not all hard-drives are supported.
So it could be that you have a bad match.

Did you use rpi-imager to write a new hard-drive ?
I would suggest you use that.

soulfunkdjx

@folly said in Pi4 and 2TB Hdd boot problem.:

rpi-imager

Yes i am using the rpi-imager and also i have tried to write and build a new image from the beggining and i get again the same result.
Some people have the same problem and they bypass it by changing something in the code of the file fstab which is inside etc folder. They never said what they changed...
If i open that file with notepad++ i see those lines...

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
PARTUUID=c6636128-01 /boot vfat defaults 0 2
PARTUUID=c6636128-02 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1

a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here

use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that

Folly

@soulfunkdjx said in Pi4 and 2TB Hdd boot problem.:

by changing something in the code of the file fstab

I read something about that here :
https://jamesachambers.com/raspberry-pi-4-usb-boot-config-guide-for-ssd-flash-drives/
It's used to force loading from a particular partition.
I doubt if it's necessary if you use the whole hard-drive.

Perhaps you can find some useful information in that link.

Btw.
Have you tried connecting the hard-drive to the USB2 port, fust to see if it works or not.
Perhaps it can give you an indication of your problem.

What brand/type hard-drive do you use ?

soulfunkdjx

@folly i tried a new image again but with another hdd adapter and is working great. Then i changed it with the one from nespi case and is working again excellent. So now my next step is to write a new clean retropie image to my 2tb hdd and test it again. Maybe i missed something the last time. I'll report back to you.

soulfunkdjx

@folly Seagate Barracuda 2.5inch 2tb mechanical hdd.

Folly

@soulfunkdjx said in Pi4 and 2TB Hdd boot problem.:

@folly Seagate Barracuda 2.5inch 2tb mechanical hdd.

Good choice !

Folly

@soulfunkdjx said in Pi4 and 2TB Hdd boot problem.:

Maybe i missed something the last time.

Perhaps it was a bad connection that is ok now after swapping.

soulfunkdjx

@folly So i wrote a new fresh image to my 2TB hdd and now everything is working great. Now i am starting filling the empty 1.8TB with games!!!!! Thank you everyone!

Folly

@soulfunkdjx

Nice !

Good luck with building it up.