USB Rom Storage Curiosity

[flickcorp]

I was wondering if it is possible to run retro pi through an SD card but keep my roms on a USB flash drive. I’m not sure if it is possible but I would assume it would just mean redirecting the areas that it looks for roms? This way I would not have to re upload roms every time I format and such. I trial and error alot

[sselph]

One option that might work is to symlink the ~/RetroPie/roms directory to the usb drive’s roms directory.
something like:

$ sudo rm -rf ~/RetroPie/roms
$ ln -s /media/usb/roms ~/RetroPie/roms

There is also a USB ROM service under in the setup script
sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
Under setup you’ll see the option. This appears to install a hook into the usbmount service so that when you plug in a usb drive it attempts to sync that with your local roms directory. I haven’t used it so don’t know how well it works and it isn’t quite what you wanted.

[flickcorp]

I’ll take a look at both options and let you know the outcome thanks

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