[retrouser15]

You should subsitute ext4 for FAT32 in the first command then. Additionally run blkid /dev/sdb1 by itself to determine which field has the UUID and change the -f int he cut command to match.

It will then use onlyt he flash drive. Symlinks are treated as if they exist in the source when they do not. So your SD card will not be written to using this method as it will reirect to the flash drive.

As with any advice on commands given via the internet ensure you have backups and check man pages if unsure. Not responsible for data loss. I have not tested this but was discussing it with someone earlier in any case.

[retrouser15]

Let me make the following assumptions for example purposes:

/dev/sdb1 is the partition for the flash drive
ext4 is used as the filesystem
flash drive mounted as /mnt/games

First we add the device to be mounted at boot (ignore filesystem checking, you can make this 0 2 if preferred for filesystem checking)
sudo echo "$(blkid /dev/sdb1 | cut -d' ' -f2) /mnt/usb ext4 defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

Next we mv all the existing ROM data to the flash drive
mv /home/pi/RetroPie/roms /mnt/usb/roms

Create a symlink from the existing location to new
ln -s /mnt/usb/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

Then all should be well.

[retrouser15]

For some reason with everything setup emulation station says I have 4 gamepads plugged it. When I start a game I see it notify me of two gamepads.

I only have one plugged in and using the xbox driver. It may be duplicated as I made the init script and enabled the driver via the retropie setup script too.

Ideas for resolving this without a re-image?

[retrouser15]

i just imaged and resetting everything up. its a pain but probably cleanest.

i ran apt-get upgrade previously using wheezy repos but what harm would come from using testing?

[retrouser15]

should i just copy off my roms and user directory and reflash with 2.6 and then drop it all back in? or is there a better way to do the upgrade?

[retrouser15]

can i lock the pi user and use another for security purposes?
is it safe to apt-get distupgrade on retropie?
how do i restart emulationstation with no keyboard?
how do i remove emulators i won’t use from showing such as the apple 2 and IBM?
if i started to scrape some games and want to automatically do the rest or undo what id id scrape how do i do this?

for instance i now have game information on the screen when choosing. how can i let it do it automatically and fine tune ones that are wrong, or remove all scraped data.

[retrouser15]

i think i have it working in xinput mode for most games now. unsure what i did but wireless is now working as well. is there a way to refresh my game list when i add more roms in without rebooting the pi?

[retrouser15]

i am unsure but it sort of works now. some snes games are fine others not but there is no pattern. also the shoulder buttons, l2 and r2, i cannot seem to use to restart emulation station as the config does not accept them. it also won’t time out on somethings so if i dont want them mapped do i just make it blank?

[retrouser15]

i tried pocky and rocky 2 and have the same issue with snes. the one zelda gbc game i tried seemed ok with A and B buttons. legend of zelda on snes appears to work.

what do i need to do for gba to work and not destroy my sd card like previously happened?

[retrouser15]

i got it to sort of work. i can use the start and select buttons but none of the others work once a rom launches. i am using super mario all stars to test. i can navigate the menu with the dpad and press start or select but the second it gets into the game the gamepad goes unresponsive. both in direct input and xinput modes.

i just tried a gameboy color game and the a and b buttons appear mapped correctly and start and select work alogn with the d pad. but snes fails. i want to try gba but last time i did it killed my sd card

[retrouser15]

this is the only controller that i have to use and where i will be putting this a wired controller will not have enough cable to be used efficiently.

[retrouser15]

floob i did watch your video for setting up the controller and it did not work on a freshly imaged system.

writing the image is not an issue and i know how to do it, the beta just did not boot. so i am on 2.3 and want to just get it working as is

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