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    Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?

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    • DjDiabolikD
      DjDiabolik
      last edited by

      Whit my BAD english i try to explain my question.

      Now if i remove SD from my Pi4 and put in in windows it's can readable an editable the files present on partition BOOT right ?

      My question it's.... i can make the 4 folder avaiable usually by samba (precisely BIOS ROMS CONFIG and the rest that I don't remember now) reachable in the same ways ?

      Theorically if i put SD on a Linux OS it's ok.... but from windows ?

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      • windgW
        windg
        last edited by windg

        From the Windows you can only read/write the BOOT partition of the SD Card.

        It's possible to have access to the ROOT partition of RetroPie from your Windows PC without remove the SD Card from the Pi.

        1st Method : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/
        2st Method: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares

        My English isn't at a good level.

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        • DjDiabolikD
          DjDiabolik @windg
          last edited by

          @windg said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

          From the Windows you can only read/write the BOOT partition of the SD Card.

          It's possible to have access to the ROOT partition of RetroPie from your Windows PC without remove the SD Card from the Pi.

          1st Method : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/SSH/
          2st Method: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares

          Oh yes i know i can read/edit content on partition BOOT......... lol my question it's.
          I can made same things for ROMS, CONFIG, and BIOS path ?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @DjDiabolik
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            @djdiabolik said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

            I can made same things for ROMS, CONFIG, and BIOS path ?

            No, you need to access them using the 2nd method that @windg mentioned.

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            • DjDiabolikD
              DjDiabolik @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

              @djdiabolik said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

              I can made same things for ROMS, CONFIG, and BIOS path ?

              No, you need to access them using the 2nd method that @windg mentioned.

              even if one modifies the .img file in some way? For example addind a third partition and create those folder here and interconnect this folder whit the linux partition ?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @DjDiabolik
                last edited by

                @djdiabolik Feel free to experiment on your own, but BIOS and configs folders make use of symlinks, so using a Fat32 filesystem (like you could do for ROMs) will not work. Note that even if you'd modify an existing .img with RetroPie, you'd still need to re-install it to take into account the new partitions.

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                • DjDiabolikD
                  DjDiabolik @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu Yes i know i need to reinstall but recently i have buyed 2 more addictional SD 32GB from Amazon for made all test i want :)

                  Excuse me but if I virtualize a small linux distribution on my windows section can be add me to possibility also to reach and read all partition on SD right ?
                  The question it's if from this virtualized linux distribution i can reach my actual windows partition to paste&copy files likes roms and bios :)

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @DjDiabolik
                    last edited by

                    @djdiabolik said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

                    Excuse me but if I virtualize a small linux distribution on my windows section can be add me to possibility also to reach and read all partition on SD right ?

                    I don't know, some virtualization solutions support USB passthough, but I don't know how a SD card can be attached to a VM.

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                    • DjDiabolikD
                      DjDiabolik @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @mitu said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

                      @djdiabolik said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

                      Excuse me but if I virtualize a small linux distribution on my windows section can be add me to possibility also to reach and read all partition on SD right ?

                      I don't know, some virtualization solutions support USB passthough, but I don't know how a SD card can be attached to a VM.

                      my pc has a SD slot.... you thinks if i install and run a linux distribution on a virtualization like wmware or virtualbox there's no works ?
                      I never tryed this solution on my side :)

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                      • B
                        Bluescreen
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                        This tool is very Useful

                        https://www.paragon-software.com/home/linuxfs-windows/

                        you can mount your sd card and uses like explorer

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                        • DjDiabolikD
                          DjDiabolik @Bluescreen
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                          @bluescreen said in Made BIOS, ROMS, CONFIG reachable from windows... it's possible ?:

                          This tool is very Useful

                          https://www.paragon-software.com/home/linuxfs-windows/

                          you can mount your sd card and uses like explorer

                          in the recent pass i have read some information about similar software..... it's speak about it's only for read access but apparently this add a feature or driver can add to access ext4 partition also from windows explorer :)

                          I always wondered if there were any similar plugins for a "basic" file explorer like Total Commander or similar :)

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