Retropie (Raspberry Pi 4) install roms from usb not creating files in retropie folder....

[thirdeyedynamo]

Greeetings all!
Thank you for the opportunity to ask questions on this forum. I am having problems getting my retropie to create the files necessary to add roms to my system.

1. I formatted my 16 GB usb drive fat32
2. I created a folder on the usb stick called retropie-mount
3. I turned on usb rom services in retropie
4. I restarted my pi
5. I inserted the usb drive into the pi and the light on the usb stick blinked once
6. left it in the usb slot for at least 10 minutes then returned it to the windows pc.
7. nothing was in the folder....?
8. I then ran the basic install from retropie
9. I then ran the update from retropie
10. I then ran the update retropie-setup script
11. restarted my pi
12. Then repeated steps 4 - 7
    What could be wrong? Please help I am at my wit's end....
    Thank you
    sincerely
    Brian K

[retropieuser555]

@thirdeyedynamo the folder needs to be called retropie not retropie-mount

[thirdeyedynamo]

@retropieuser555
I tried just straight retropie also and that didn’t work… I guess I’m just Sitting On Leaves….

[windg]

Try to uninstall and reinstall the usbromservice and try again. Do not change the settings in usbromservice this time. I hope it works.

[thirdeyedynamo]

@windg
Thank you for the suggestion I will try that!
Sincerely
Brian K