Reply To: Alternate rom path on usb drive

[dpicc68]

I have a USB running all of my Roms.

It took a while to workout the correct way… i.e. permissions, samba share, gamelists stored on USB using scraper etc..

Here is how I got it up and running:-

First Format and Mount (with exec) USB to ext4…
Note that you have to mount it with exec permissions otherwise you cannot run the scraper script…
I used the following:-

Insert empty USB – mine automatically copied across the folders from SD Card….you may need to run retropie setup script…. copy usb roms etc.

to format USB-
http://devtidbits.com/2013/03/21/using-usb-external-hard-disk-flash-drives-with-to-your-raspberry-pi/

to mount with exec USB-
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=139176

To setup rom paths-
http://electricgardener.net/2014/04/03/retropie-moving-games-usb-stick/

note that when you follow the tutorial… you may not want to point the samba share to USB roms….
You may need to search how to have 2 samba shares on the pi…

Once your done… ssh in and navigate to the USB directory and check out what permissions you have..

to list permissions / files/folders:-
#ls -l

you should then set the entire USB to “pi permissions”
#sudo chown -R pi:pi /media/usb
Make sure that the path is correct…

list the permissions/files/folders again and make sure pi is set.

Hope this helps……GoodLuck