Help using multiple storage devices

[savannab815]

I’m looking into getting the nespi4 case so I could use ssd storage. I was wanting to know is there a way to run retropie on the micro sd but have all my roms, settings, configs, saves etc on the ssd? Just to note I catch on to computer stuff pretty quick and know a very very small amount of coding but I’m no professional by no means. Raspberry pi is new waters for me so please explain thoroughly if possible lol. Thanks in advance! Oh and one other question. Has anybody ever came across a good learning book for this stuff?

[windg]

@savannab815

I don't know about configs and settings, but for the roms it is possible to run them from an external drive. More info here : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/

Saves files by default are on the roms folders.

[mitu]

Roms (and saves) can be easily be placed on an external disc - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/.

For configurations (almost all of them are kept in /opt/retropie/configs), there's no out-of-the-box solution available, since they require a Linux filesystem and generally users have a PC/macOS compatible partitioning schema on their external disc.

If you want to dedicate a SSD just for running RetroPie, you can just install RetroPie on the SSD drive (same process as installing it on a sdcard) directly.

Has anybody ever came across a good learning book for this stuff?

• RetroPie specific documentation - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/.
• Raspberry Pi documentation - https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/ (has a Getting started section and a Using RasPI OS guide). The RetroPie image is based on RasPI OS.
• For Linux in general, I'd recommend the Debian user guide (https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/index.en.html). RasPI OS is based on Debian, so it should apply to a RetroPie installation.