jblenkle Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Can someone help? If I load RetroPie on my Rasberry Pi 4, it shows up on my Network. If I load the Rasberry Pi OS, the device doesn't show up on my network. Why? Is there something in the RetroPie startup script that tells it to show up on the network list that's not there in the OS startup script? Or is there some other reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 When you say network- is it not getting an IP address and connecting? Or you can't browse and copy files to it from Windows? If it's the latter, RetroPie may have configured a software package named Samba, that provides Windows networking functions, Raspberry Pi OS may require you to install this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, zzip said: When you say network- is it not getting an IP address and connecting? Or you can't browse and copy files to it from Windows? If it's the latter, RetroPie may have configured a software package named Samba, that provides Windows networking functions, Raspberry Pi OS may require you to install this It has an IP address and it is connected as I can use the web browser that installs with the Rasberry Pi OS to go on the Internet. But when I boot the Rasberry Pi OS, it does not show up as a network device on my PC so I can't access it or see any of the files. The opposite is true when booting RetroPie. It shows up as a network device on my PC and I can freely transfer files between my PC and the Rasberry Pi. I've seen mention of Samba, but being new to all this I don't know what it is or does. I will go hunt for it and see if that is the solution. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, jblenkle said: It has an IP address and it is connected as I can use the web browser that installs with the Rasberry Pi OS to go on the Internet. But when I boot the Rasberry Pi OS, it does not show up as a network device on my PC so I can't access it or see any of the files. The opposite is true when booting RetroPie. It shows up as a network device on my PC and I can freely transfer files between my PC and the Rasberry Pi. I've seen mention of Samba, but being new to all this I don't know what it is or does. I will go hunt for it and see if that is the solution. Thanks!!! Couldn't you use SFTP and Filezilla? That's what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 31 minutes ago, jblenkle said: It has an IP address and it is connected as I can use the web browser that installs with the Rasberry Pi OS to go on the Internet. But when I boot the Rasberry Pi OS, it does not show up as a network device on my PC so I can't access it or see any of the files. The opposite is true when booting RetroPie. It shows up as a network device on my PC and I can freely transfer files between my PC and the Rasberry Pi. I've seen mention of Samba, but being new to all this I don't know what it is or does. I will go hunt for it and see if that is the solution. Thanks!!! Most likely RetroPie configured Samba by default for convenience This guide should help you get it set up on Raspberry Pi OS https://sbcguides.com/configure-a-raspberry-pi-samba-share/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 9 minutes ago, zzip said: Most likely RetroPie configured Samba by default for convenience This guide should help you get it set up on Raspberry Pi OS https://sbcguides.com/configure-a-raspberry-pi-samba-share/ I will give this a try. I just followed another set of instructions I found and couldn't get it to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 35 minutes ago, VectorGamer said: Couldn't you use SFTP and Filezilla? That's what I do. I may have to, although it isn't critical that I actually am able to share files between my PC and Rasberry Pi...it's just the principle of the thing. I want to figure it out!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, zzip said: Most likely RetroPie configured Samba by default for convenience This guide should help you get it set up on Raspberry Pi OS https://sbcguides.com/configure-a-raspberry-pi-samba-share/ Well, I made some progress!!! Using the guide from the link you provided, the Rasberry Pi now shows up on my PC in the Network, but I can't access the shared folder that was created. I'll have to go back and try to figure out what I did wrong. At least I'm closer than I was!!! Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, jblenkle said: Well, I made some progress!!! Using the guide from the link you provided, the Rasberry Pi now shows up on my PC in the Network, but I can't access the shared folder that was created. I'll have to go back and try to figure out what I did wrong. At least I'm closer than I was!!! Thanks!!! Great news! It's probably a matter of sorting out permissions now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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