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- | ===== Install Ubuntu | + | ===== Dual boot Batocera and other Linux distributions |
- | Follow the Ubuntu instructions. | + | |
- | ===== Batocera partitions ===== | + | The most common way of booting Batocera for PC is to use a USB pen drive. You can use it along a dedicated partition on your hard drive to host ROMs, while booting in USB. |
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+ | However, some people prefer to have Batocera directly installed on the main hard drive, along with another OS. Here are some examples on how to host Batocera with popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu or Linux Mint. | ||
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+ | ===== Ubuntu Linux ===== | ||
+ | ==== Install Ubuntu ==== | ||
+ | Follow your favorite method for the initial Ubuntu install. | ||
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+ | Once Ubuntu ins installed, make sure the command '' | ||
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+ | ==== Batocera partitions ==== | ||
+ | Create 2 consecutive partitions on your hard drive | ||
+ | * partition 1 : type = fat32, name = BATOCERA, flags = legacy_boot & msftdata | ||
+ | * partition 2 : type = ext4. It must be created right after the BATOCERA partition. | ||
+ | * download [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Configure the Ubuntu grub ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Use '' | ||
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+ | Then, with '' | ||
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+ | Paste the following code: | ||
+ | insmod fat | ||
+ | search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 3377-44C4 | ||
+ | linux /boot/linux label=BATOCERA console=tty3 quiet loglevel=0 vt.global_cursor_default=0 | ||
+ | initrd / | ||
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+ | Save and reboot. | ||
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+ | ===== Linux Mint ===== | ||
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+ | For other distributions like Linux Mint 19.03, you can use the following method. | ||
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+ | ==== Install Linux Mint ==== | ||
+ | Follow your favorite method for the initial Mint install. | ||
+ | ==== Batocera partitions | ||
Create 2 consecutive partitions on your hard drive | Create 2 consecutive partitions on your hard drive | ||
* partition 1 : type = fat32, name = BATOCERA | * partition 1 : type = fat32, name = BATOCERA | ||
- | * partition 2 : type = ext4. It must be created | + | * partition 2 : type = ext4. It must be created |
* download [[http:// | * download [[http:// | ||
- | ===== Configure the Ubuntu | + | ==== Configure the grub boot loader |
- | $ sudo wget https:// | + | |
- | $ sudo chmod a+x / | + | $ sudo wget https://batocera.org/ |
- | $ sudo update-grub | + | |
- | ... | + | |
- | Image batocera found on 9A01-4A3B | + | ... |
- | ... | + | |
+ | ... | ||
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+ | Then, reboot. | ||
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- | ===== Reboot ===== | + | |
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