enabling Samba shares on Pi 5
April 22, 2024, 13:50
okay, so...I'm trying to make it so that I can access my pi remotely from Windows because I'm trying to add all my games back on there that I backed up from my Pi 3B...
however since I don't know what I'm doing, I got it working once I installed Samba and now I've locked myself out again...
what is happening?
I would just use Ubuntu and add the games that way but Ubuntu, when booted from a USB stick, keeps freezing up, my USB ports, my screen, everything, and I have to use the power switch to turn it off
Let's start from scratch
Reformat it be putting it in your computer and selecting "erase" in the os section of the imager
Then do it again and select Ubuntu
Before you write change your settings. Once youve done this come back to me so I can tell you what to change
so you want me to follow the guide all over again?
this is the guide I followed:
https://github.com/danielfreer/raspberrypi5-retropie-setup
and then I had to google some other shit
why are you using ubuntu on the pi if you want retroepie?
this is also not the imager
have i misunderstood something?
oh, pi imager, my bad
I'm not, I'm using it on my PC booted directly from a USB to make filesharing easier but that can't be bc the damn thing locks up
alright, so...y'know how Pi 5 doesn't have a RetroPie build yet and I have to install it manually?
well, it didn't come with Samba sharing and I'd like to know how to enable it bc I installed it, it worked for a bit, and then I changed something and now I'm unable to access my Pi from my Windows PC
if you want me to start over the first step says to do Raspberry OS Lite
<@1071178789939331253> so I erased everything off of it, now do I just follow that guide I linked again or would you like to help me instead?
do I enable SSH or not?
SSH Yes!
password or public key
it won't let me run the keygen
Are you familiar with keys?
not really
Then don't select it
so just a password then
yes
after that, the guide wants me to do this
Looks ok
and what about the samba stuff?
What is the purpose with samba?
network sharing
that is, accessing my Pi from my Windows PC to install games on it without taking the Micro SD out
I reinstalled the fuckin' thing and it still doesn't work
What does the samba log say?
beats me but I think it'd be easier to just use a VM
where do I go to look at that?