Install and Storage?

Jay · 2020-04-13T19:00:55+00:00

Hi all, :) Just come across this amazing front end after trying many others only to be left pulling my hair out. And have to say its great, i have quickly i...

joinski

GreyHawk

You can just do what you prefer. Both is possible.
Advantage for SSD: it is usually faster than USB flashdrive

Jay

How do we access this other partition though, i dont get how to access it?

joinski

Jay
the other partition is an ext4 file system, which you can access via network or an operating system, that can handle ext4 (linux). Under windows you can not see and access this ext4 partition.

Jay

Well here is the problem i have at the moment, I am booting from a 64GB SD Card, and using a 2TB drive external for roms. Now im guessing when you select an external drive all config data is then copied over to there.

While opening the share on the PC, i believe its trying to copy data to the boot partition of the SD. While trying to copy over 400mb of roms i get an error saying you need another 1.5gb of space?? Huh

So its not going to the remaining 60gb card partition or HDD

Is it possible to access the HDD or other partition, or do i have to keep unplugging my drive to transfer stuff over.

I should explain that im am running the program currently on my ODROID N2, and accessing it over the network.

What part am i accessing?

joinski

Jay While opening the share on the PC, i believe its trying to copy data to the boot partition of the SD

could you explain in more detail please, what exactly you did here?
how do you open the share on the PC?

GreyHawk

The issue I had is that the config files appeared to stay on the USB. I guess I could just... drag them over to the SSD? The system work just fine running on the SSD, so I don't think it's missing anything crucial. Still strange.

Jay

Im sure the config files transfer to the drive as it seems to reset everything when you select an external drive. which is odd as i thought the idea was to keep the system on the boot drive??

I am looking in my network folder, and i see link to batocera there.

joinski

Jay

When you select an external drive as Storage Device, then after reboot, this external drive will be used as Storage Device for roms, saves, themes etc.

In your network folder you see the linkt to batocera and you can put all your rom files into the /share/roms directory (into the appropriate system folders).

Jay

I mean if we want to just copy the actual system setup as a backup. Minus all the roms. So if something goes wrong you can just copy it back. If you use the system backup in the menu it tries to copy everything on the drive.

PS can confirm share is now pointing to the external drive.
And sorted the backup from another thread.