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    Problem transferring roms to thumb drive

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      Drdave79 @mitu
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      @mitu I'm sorry Mitu, I know you're trying to help and I appreciate it, but I'm going to need more help/instruction to answer your question. What do you want me to do exactly?

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        mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
        last edited by mitu

        @Drdave79 Run the next command from WinSCP (copy the command and paste it there) just like you've run the previous mount command:

        sudo mount -o bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
        

        then restart EmulationStation and see if your PS1 games show up.

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          Drdave79 @mitu
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          @mitu said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

          sudo mount -o bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx

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            mitu Global Moderator
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            So, back to the 1st question - do you have a psx folder under /home/pi/extra ? The error seems to hint that there's no such folder.

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              Drdave79 @mitu
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              @mitu On the usb drive, yes. /home/pi/extra/psx. All of the roms are in there.

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                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by mitu

                Hm, I think I've got the command wrong. Try this:

                sudo mount --bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
                

                and restart EmulationStation. If that works, replace the mount command from autostart.sh accordingly and see if it works after a reboot.

                #... rest of the commands from `autostart.sh`
                sudo mount --bind  /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
                emulationstation #auto
                
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                  Drdave79 @mitu
                  last edited by Drdave79

                  @mitu said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                  sudo mount --bind /home/pi/extra/psx /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx

                  Unfortunately still not working:

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                  This is the USB drive path:

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                  Also, after moving all of the roms to the USB drive, the home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx folder on the SD card is empty. Does that matter?

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                    mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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                    @Drdave79 said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                    Unfortunately still not working:

                    Try adding the command directly in autostart.sh.

                    Also, after moving all of the roms to the USB drive, the home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx folder on the SD card is empty. Does that matter?

                    No, it doesn't.

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                      Drdave79 @mitu
                      last edited by Drdave79

                      @mitu No change :(

                      This is where I got the UUID from. Assuming I got the 1808-1615 correct.

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                        mitu Global Moderator @Drdave79
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                        @Drdave79 said in Problem transferring roms to thumb drive:

                        Assuming I got the 1808-1615 correct.

                        Yes, that's correct - the output from the mount command showed that /home/pi/extra is correctly mounted from the external disc.

                        No idea why it's not working, the usbromservice uses a similar approach to mount the roms folder (i.e. mount --bind).

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                          Drdave79 @mitu
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                          @mitu Alright. I appreciate your trying to help. I'll move the roms back to the sd card. Please let me know if you think of anything else.

                          Thanks again.

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