Loading ROMs Directly from Network? [Solved]

[Mikkel]

I know you can transfer roms to the MiSTer vis samba and ftp, but what about loading roms directly from a pc via some kind of network connection without transferring them to the MiSTer sd card/ usb drive first?

Maybe by running a server on a pc and connecting to that server from MiSTer somehow?

Thanks in advance!

[zakk4223]

You can. Look into the cifs_mount.sh script in the Scripts directory. Create a cifs_mount.ini based on the options detail in the script

[Mikkel]

I might be a bit of a noob but I couldn't figure it out

I'm on Windows 10 64-bit

First i enabled a windows feature called SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support

Then i right-clicked on a folder called 'MiSTer' on my pc then Properties->Advanced Sharing->Share this folder

Then i made a cifs_mount.ini with the following content

SERVER="192.168.87.180"
SHARE="MiSTer"

Then i ran the cifs_mount.sh script from the MiSTer menu

Then the following error message appeared

mount: /tmp/cifs_mount: bad option; for several filesystems (e.g. nfs, cifs) you might need a /sbin/mount.<type> helper program.
//192.168.87.180/MiSTer not mounted
Done!
Press any key to continue

What might i be doing wrong??

Thanks in advance!

[Locutus73]

What might i be doing wrong??

Thanks in advance!

Try using a terminal (framebuffer terminal or SSH): launch the script and immediately after launch dmesg command. You will see kernel output messages which are more informative. Probably they will tell something about what went wrong.

Regards.

Locutus73

[Cebion]

Two simple things under windows

You need to have a username / password most of the times for other systems, check if you can access your share from your phone etc.

[lomdar67]

Did you set ADDITIONAL_MOUNT_OPTIONS?

Try ADDITIONAL_MOUNT_OPTIONS="vers=2.0" or ADDITIONAL_MOUNT_OPTIONS="vers=3.0"

Also take a look here for common problems: https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-the-wind ... g-problem/

[Mikkel]

[SOLVED]
I figured it out! All I had to do was add my windows username and password.

So the ini file is:

SERVER="192.168.87.180"
SHARE="MiSTer"
USERNAME="<Windows Username>"
PASSWORD="<Windows Password>"

Thanks you guys are awesome!!

[Zarkov]

Hi, looks like most ppl are using shares on a windows os PC.

Is it possible to use a share on a linux os pc like Ubuntu Desktop.

I was able to setup a shared folder in my Ubuntu desktop.

[Bas]

Sure that's possible. Under the hood all non-Windows systems use Samba for this. How it's configured depends on the particular OS itself. Ubuntu is just as good a candidate as any other. I use FreeBSD myself.

[Zarkov]

Sure that's possible. Under the hood all non-Windows systems use Samba for this. How it's configured depends on the particular OS itself. Ubuntu is just as good a candidate as any other. I use FreeBSD myself.

Ok so I’m getting an error on my mister when I run my script to mount cifs.

It says the connection is read only. It says read only right after the IP address and share name.


I have a shared folder called Mister on my pc in Ubuntu.

I made a cifs mount ini file on my mister.

In the ini I put in my PCs IP address, the account I use to log into Ubuntu and it’s pass. It has the share name as Mister.


I’ve tried to change options for the shared folder in Ubuntu, like checking the box to allow anyone to create and delete files. I don’t think I need that since the mister ini has my username and pass. It didn’t fix it.

Do I need to turn on samba in my mister first before the mount script can function?

**update

I got it working. I needed to configure samba in Ubuntu using the command line. I was able to get a share setup correctly and the mister script to connect to it.