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Abdessamad Derraz
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The one-liner opens the full screen, and the page walked through the line questions. It now shows the first screen, the keys and the controller, Install, the copy from an old card and the result titles. Troubleshooting no longer asks to move a nested bios folder by hand.
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85 lines
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level: start
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order: 40
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---
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# When a game does not start
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Most often a BIOS file is missing or wrong.
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## 1. Check my BIOS folder { #checking-what-you-installed }
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<span id="game-wont-start-black-screen"></span><span id="my-setup-says-untested"></span>
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Run the command with `--check`. It changes nothing.
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<!-- os-tabs -->
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```sh
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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --check
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```
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Read the count line:
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```
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1/109 present (0 verified, 1 wrong hash)
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```
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- **`wrong hash`**: another region or model, or damaged.
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- **Fewer present than the total**: files are missing.
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- **A line under a file**, like `still zipped`, says what to fix.
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- **`0 wrong hash`, all present**: go to step 3.
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## 2. Fix the files
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Run it without `--check`. It adds missing files and replaces wrong ones.
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## 3. Check the folder and the names
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- **Right folder?** [Get your files](../which-pack.md) names it.
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- **Exact name?** `scph5501.bin` and `SCPH-5501.BIN` differ. On Linux,
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capitals count too.
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- **A `bios` folder inside your BIOS folder?** Run the installer: it copies
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those files up one level.
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- **Unzipped by hand on Linux?** The command adds names that differ by
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capitals.
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- **A ZIP in parts, like `Pack.part1of2.zip`?** Unzip every part into one
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folder.
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## An arcade game does not start
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It needs its BIOS set, like `neogeo.zip`, and a game set for the same emulator
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version.
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- Keep `neogeo.zip` zipped.
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- A game set for another MAME version often fails.
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Details: [the version of each emulator](../emulators/index.md).
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- Run the command once. It installs the BIOS sets your emulators read.
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## The BIOS is fine, the game still fails
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- **Another emulator?** Each reads its own files, listed on its page.
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- **A BIOS setting?** Some emulators can skip the BIOS. In PCSX ReARMed, set
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**BIOS Selection** to **Auto**.
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- **A disc in several files?** Open its `.cue` or `.m3u`, not a `.bin`.
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## If the command fails { #installation-script-fails }
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- **Network error:** try again later.
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- **`The clock reads ...`:** set the right date.
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- **Permission denied:** do what the message says. It names what to run.
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- **No setup found:** name it and its folder:
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<!-- os-tabs windows: --platform retroarch --dest C:\path\to\RetroArch\system -->
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```sh
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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --platform retroarch --dest ~/.config/retroarch/system
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```
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Other messages: [When something goes wrong](installer.md#when-something-goes-wrong).
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<span id="hash-mismatch-untested"></span><span id="pack-is-missing-files"></span><span id="verifypy-reports-errors"></span><span id="one-console-only"></span>
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## Next steps
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- [Get your files](../which-pack.md)
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- [Common questions](faq.md)
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