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    roms folders are not being created

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      duckman
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      I have done everything that people recommends, reimaging, enabling USB ROM, plugging the usb and waiting an hour, but no one seems to work. I think it could possibly be that I'm booting retropie from an USB but it shouldn't have any problem. Any idea or solution?

      Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB

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        retropieuser555 @duckman
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        @duckman Honestly I wouldn't faff with the usb service transferring, you have a pc/laptop as well as the pi right? I'd just setup SSH on the pi and transfer ROMs that way

        Pi 5 4GB

        Retroflag GPI with raspberry pi zero 2 w/ wifi

        Retroachievements:- lovelessrapture

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          duckman @retropieuser555
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          @retropieuser555 yeah, but if I want to add psp games(> 300MB) I will have to wait years. Anyways I will use your way to add some roms, thank you for the help!

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            sleve_mcdichael @duckman
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            @duckman said in roms folders are not being created:

            yeah, but if I want to add psp games(> 300MB) I will have to wait years.

            WiFi speed is not the bottleneck. As I understand it, both WiFi and USB are both faster than SD-card write rates, so it should take about the same time either way. It's the actually writing it to your SD that will be the limiting factor.

            ...anyway, what actually have you tried? "Plugging the USB and waiting an hour" doesn't do anything by itself. You have to put a folder on it first. Did you? What was it called?

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              duckman @sleve_mcdichael
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              @sleve_mcdichael I did it correctly(at least as it says in documentation), with the "retropie" folder and the USB in FAT32

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