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| Some browsers like Chrome/Opera/Safari may take the liberty to unzip the file by themselves and poorly rename them. If the file is more than 4 GB, it is already unzipped. If your download fails, use another browser. Yes, Chrome sucks, that's a fact, use another browser. | Some browsers like Chrome/Opera/Safari may take the liberty to unzip the file by themselves and poorly rename them. If the file is more than 4 GB, it is already unzipped. If your download fails, use another browser. Yes, Chrome sucks, that's a fact, use another browser. |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
| - Insert the intended USB drive, SD card or hard-drive into your computer. 8 GB is the minimum for **v30** and up, 16 GB and above is recommended for full functionality (you cannot automatically download updates with only 8 GB). | - Insert the intended USB drive, SD card, hard-drive or SSD (you can attach one via a SATA/M.2 to USB cable) into your computer. 16 GB storage space is the minimum, 32 GB is recommended for full functionality (you cannot automatically download updates with only 16 GB). |
| - Install and run Raspberry Pi Imager. | - Install and run Raspberry Pi Imager. |
| - Click **CHOOSE OS**. {{ :install_rpi_imager_02.png?direct&540 |}} | - Click **CHOOSE OS**. {{ :install_rpi_imager_02.png?direct&540 |}} |
| - Scroll down and select **Use custom**. {{ :install_rpi_imager_03.png?direct&540 |}} | - Scroll down and select **Use custom**. {{ :install_rpi_imager_03.png?direct&540 |}} |
| - Select the image ''batocera-(version)-(arch)-(date).img.gz'' that you just downloaded. {{ :install_rpi_imager_04.png?direct&540 |}} | - Select the image ''batocera-(arch)-(version)-(date).img.gz'' that you just downloaded. {{ :install_rpi_imager_04.png?direct&540 |}} |
| - Click **CHOOSE STORAGE** and select the USB drive, SD card or hard-drive. {{ :install_rpi_imager_05.png?direct&540 |}} {{ :install_rpi_imager_06.png?direct&540 |}} | - Click **CHOOSE STORAGE** and select the USB drive, SD card or hard-drive. {{ :install_rpi_imager_05.png?direct&540 |}} {{ :install_rpi_imager_06.png?direct&540 |}} |
| - Click **NEXT**. {{ :install_rpi_imager_07.png?direct&540 |}} | - Click **NEXT**. {{ :install_rpi_imager_07.png?direct&540 |}} |
| This indicates that your machine will default to booting from this device. Hold ''[Ctrl]''+''[Return]'' (''[Enter]'' on ASCII keyboards) to confirm. | This indicates that your machine will default to booting from this device. Hold ''[Ctrl]''+''[Return]'' (''[Enter]'' on ASCII keyboards) to confirm. |
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| Note: Some hardware could not be detected, like the Sound, Keyboard, Touchpad, Wi-Fi or Bluetooh. You could use a external device to manage batocera (like an external keyboard/mouse/gamepad) | <WRAP center round important> |
| | On Macbooks especially, some hardware such as the touchpad or keyboard may not be supported under Linux. Fortunately, Batocera is functional with a controller alone. |
| | </WRAP> |
| ===== Install Batocera from Batocera ===== | ===== Install Batocera from Batocera ===== |
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