Retropie and Chromebook
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How do you install RetroPie using Chromebook? And I see a lot of videos on youtube that has all these preloaded games with a whole lot of emulators. How would I get something like that on my Raspberry pi3B+? For example Wolfanzo
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A Chromebook isn't running GNU/Linux as the OS, but Chrome OS and that's no supported by RetroPie.
And I see a lot of videos on youtube that has all these preloaded games with a whole lot of emulators. How would I get something like that on my Raspberry pi3B+?
We don't support 3rd party images. If you have a Raspberry Pi then you can install RetroPie directly - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/.
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So there isn't any way to burn an Image that comes with ROMs already?
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On a Chromebook, no.
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Ok, so I was watching this video, where this guy burned a Raspberry Pi image on his SD card. Wouldnt it work the same way if I just burned the RetroPie image?
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@skylo Sure, the RetroPie image is the same as the Raspberry Pi OS image. It doesn't work on a Chromebook though.
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Why not? Chromebook does run Linux after all.
Here watch this -
@skylo I assume the video is about using the Chromebook to write a Raspberry Pi image, not to run a Raspberry Pi image written on a SD card. Linux is also installed on all Android phones, but that doesn't mean the phone is able to run any Linux ARM image.
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Well, I kinda think it's possible. Basically, you put the RetroPie image on the SD card, then insert it into the Pi, and boom. Then you can install ROMs from there.
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There are instructions to install Linux, e.g. Ubuntu, on a Chromebook. After that, it may be possible to install RetroPie using the method for Debian/Ubuntu. But this is only my assumption after searching the web for this out of curiosity.
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There are what?
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@skylo said in Retropie and Chromebook:
Basically, you put the RetroPie image on the SD card, then insert it into the Pi, and boom
That should work. I thought you wanted to run the RetroPie on the Chromebook - that's what I was referring to as unsupported.
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@skylo said in Retropie and Chromebook:
There are what?
I accidentally sent the post while typing. It's complete now. π
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@mitu Nah, I was saying run RetroPie on the Raspberry Pi 3B.
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So, let's say I wanted to download a premade image with ROMs. There is a TON out there. There's a website
with romswhere you can download premade images. How would I... like burn the image to the SD card? What would I use? -
@skylo said in Retropie and Chromebook:
here is a TON out there. There's a website called something where you can download premade images. How would I... like burn the image to the SD card? What would I use?
As I said, we don't support 3rd party images. Also, links to sites with copyrighted material/roms are against the forum rules.
If you wish support here in the forums, use the image from retropie.org.uk/download. -
Ok. Well, how long would it take for me to add my own ROMs? And how would I do that from a Chromebook anyway? I've only seen it done from windows.
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Using your network, you can access the Samba shares on RetroPie from your Chromebook and copy the files over.
https://coehelp.uoregon.edu/how-to-guides/connecting-a-chromebook-to-a-file-share/
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares -
@skylo ChromeOS is Linux-based, so it should be able to read and write RetroPie's sd card directly including the second partition with the rom directories, whereas Windows can only read the first partition in FAT 32 β given that your Chromebook has an sd card reader.
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Oh also, another question. I'm going to use a Waveshare game hat for my RetroPie. Does it matter how big your screen size is?
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