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    [Solved] Issue running ROMS from network share

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      Macaque
      last edited by Macaque

      Hi everyone, new user here, I'm trying to get my ROMs running from a network share using these instructions:

      https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-Network-Share

      I'm going with option 1, add to autostart.sh. My NAS is a WDMyCloudEX4 if that makes any difference.

      After making the config changes, they didn't have any effect and I didn't receive any error messages. So I tried running the command in the terminal to see what it says.

      My command is:
      sudo mount -t cifs -o guest,uid=pi //192.168.1.13/Public/Games/retropie/roms /home/pi/Retropie/roms

      I see the message:
      Couldn't chdir to /home/pi/Retropie/roms: No such file or directory exists

      Does anyone know what is going on? I'm not so familiar with Linux so I don't know if it's telling me it can't see the network share or if the local folder doesn't exist.

      Thanks.

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        backstander @Macaque
        last edited by backstander

        @Macaque said in Issue running ROMS from network share:

        sudo mount -t cifs -o guest,uid=pi //192.168.1.13/Public/Games/retropie/roms /home/pi/Retropie/roms

        Linux is case sensitive (Windows is not) so I see one issue here.

        You might try it like this instead:
        sudo mount -t cifs -o guest,uid=pi //192.168.1.13/Public/Games/retropie/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms
        so "RetroPie" instead of "Retropie".
        also double check that "//192.168.1.13/Public/Games/retropie/roms" is the correct case as well.

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          Macaque
          last edited by

          Thanks for the reply, it's working now! Turns out it was just a simple case issue with that one letter 'P'.

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            backstander @Macaque
            last edited by

            @Macaque
            In Linux just one letter with the wrong case can completely derailed your day lol
            Glad you got it working!

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