{"id":947,"date":"2021-02-09T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2021-02-09T20:02:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:02:02","slug":"installing-roms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bullyrooks.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/installing-roms\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing ROMs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are a few ways to install ROMs. Some are faster than others and some need more configuration to setup. I’ll explain how to do it by copying across a network as well as installing from USB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copying ROMs Over the Network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is going to be the easiest method, but probably not the fastest. Pi 4 has 1Gb\/s ethernet port and if your network can support that, you should be able to get ~125MB\/s file transfer rates. Pi 3 only has 100Mb\/s support though (12.5MB\/s). If you don’t have a lot of ROMs, I would use network. If you have a lot (over 1GB), I might consider using USB instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Windows File Transfer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The easiest way (but not quite the fastest) is to use Windows Explorer. Open an explorer window. In the nav bar type \\\\${ip address of your pi}\\<\/code> and hit enter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It should prompt your for a username and password. This will be pi <\/code>and whatever you set the password to previously. You should now see a nework connection to your pi in explorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open roms and you should see folders for every core installed. Copy your ROMs to the appropriate directory using normal windows explorer methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using WinSCP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’ve also used WinSCP which can be downloaded here<\/a>. Its essentially the same process as file explorer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copying ROMs via USB<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pi 4 has USB 3.0 which is capable of transferring at speeds of 640MB\/s. Pi 3 has USB 2.0 which is capable of transferring at speeds of 60MB\/s both are probably going to be faster than a network transfer. However, this is going to be a little more technical. First make sure that you have a USB drive with all of your ROMs (ideally separated by console). Plug it into your pi (ideally a blue USB 3.0 port). Then SSH into your pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may need to update your pi firmware. Might as well do that first:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo rpi-update && sudo reboot<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Once the pi comes back up SSH into it.  Lets see if we can see the USB drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ lsblk\nNAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT\nsda           8:0    0  1.8T  0 disk\n\u2514\u2500sda1        8:1    0  1.8T  0 part \/media\/usb0\nmmcblk0     179:0    0 59.5G  0 disk\n\u251c\u2500mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  256M  0 part \/boot\n\u2514\u2500mmcblk0p2 179:2    0 59.2G  0 part \/\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
this shows that the usb device \/sda\/sda1<\/code> has been mounted at \/media\/usb0<\/code>.  You should be able to ls<\/code> (list) \/media\/usb0<\/code> and see your files.  Now you can copy them to the appropriate rom location<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd RetroPie\/roms\ncp \/media\/usb0\/${your console directory}\/* .\/${retropie console directory}\/.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Repeat the copy command for every directory that you need to copy over, making sure to put the files in the correct console directory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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