RetroPie on SD

[busa1076]

Guys hi.

In Raspian on my Pi4 I tried the https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/ instructions and I get only some packages to work: most of the ROM are not working... they never pass the runcommand..

Is this a stable installation?
Do I need to anything particular for the ROM to work?

Anyway: I can see that the recommend way is to install Retropie on the SD card: do i need to install the image on a different SD card? Can I add the image to the SD from where Raspian is booting?
I cannot see the SD card from the terminal: it seems all the space is in /boot?
If I'm going to use Etcher on the SD where I have the Rapsian on, I am going to overwrite it?

Thanks for your patience,

Gabriele

[fruitoftheloom]

Guys hi.

In Raspian on my Pi4 I tried the https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/ instructions and I get only some packages to work: most of the ROM are not working... they never pass the runcommand..

Is this a stable installation?
Do I need to anything particular for the ROM to work?

Anyway: I can see that the recommend way is to install Retropie on the SD card: do i need to install the image on a different SD card? Can I add the image to the SD from where Raspian is booting?
I cannot see the SD card from the terminal: it seems all the space is in /boot?
If I'm going to use Etcher on the SD where I have the Rapsian on, I am going to overwrite it?

Thanks for your patience,

Gabriele

Yes if you flash another .IMG file you will overwrite the contents of the SD Card.


Considering Retropie 4.6 is based of Raspbian Buster Lite, there is no need to go the manual install route:

https://retropie.org.uk/2020/04/retropi ... 4-support/


An alternative to Retropie but without Raspbian as it base is Lakka:

http://lakka.tv/


Last but not least you could use the PiNN installer / chooser as a new fresh install, depending how big your SD Card is, to have a choice of Operating Systems:

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