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The installer page says what a card system named on a computer does (Where is the SD card?, Look again, the Card root prompt), that Enter on None unticks every system and Back keeps the ticks, and that Space continues outside a list of ticks. KNULLI and ROCKNIX no longer have a computer default. The first-install page names the card screen.
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level, order
| level | order |
|---|---|
| start | 30 |
First install, step by step
From an empty BIOS folder to games that start.
You need: internet and some free space.
1. Open a terminal and paste
A terminal is a window where you type commands. Paste your system's line, then press Enter.
Open the Start menu. Type PowerShell and open it.
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.ps1 | iex
Open Terminal. It is in Applications, then Utilities.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh
Open a terminal.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh
Switch to Desktop Mode and open Konsole.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh
Install Termux, a terminal app. Run these three lines in it.
pkg install python
termux-setup-storage
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh
On Batocera, Recalbox and similar setups, see Get your files.
2. Check the setup it found
It opens a menu:
RetroBIOS: Where do you play?
Found on this machine:
> <your setup>
Another setup or folder
BIOS folder: <its folder>
- Right folder? Press Enter.
- Wrong folder? Choose Another setup or folder, then browse to yours.
- A handheld's SD card? Choose it, or its system under Another setup or folder: Where is the SD card?
Arrows move, Enter chooses, Esc goes back, as A and B on a handheld.
3. Install
The next screen counts missing files and free space. Press Enter on Install. Choose systems keeps the consoles you play.
Old card? In a card reader, choose Copy the BIOS files from your old card or a folder, then the card.
4. Wait
Esc or Ctrl+C stops, B on a handheld. Run again to resume.
5. Read the result
- Done: all files are in place.
- Finished with errors: run the command again. It retries only those.
- Nothing installed: the screen says why. See If it stops.
For questions line by line (screen readers), add --plain.
What the command does
Check it later
Add --check to the same command. It changes nothing.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --check
All good:
109/109 present (109 verified, 0 wrong hash)
Undo
Files it replaces go to a retrobios-backup folder beside your BIOS folder.
The result says how to restore them.
If it stops
Nothing was found here.
Choose your setup in the list, then its folder. Where the screen offers Another setup or folder, choose it first.
Error: Python 3.8 or newer is required.
The message shows the command that installs Python. Run it, then run the installer again.
RetroPie 4.8 has Python 3.7.3, and its update finds nothing newer. Run it on
a computer, with RetroPie's bios share open, \\RETROPIE\bios from Windows:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retropie --dest <the bios share>
Error: the downloaded installer does not match its expected fingerprint.
The download was cut short. Run the command again.
Cannot create ...
You cannot write there. Do what the message says.
The card is full
Nothing was written. Free some space, or choose another folder.
The game still does not start
See When a game does not start.