can i backup retropie image from a virtual machine and install it on a raspberry pi 3b+ ?
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this seems like a stupid question but i looked everywhere and couldn't find an answer to it
Basically what i want to do is install retropie on a virtual machine and do all the configuration i want and then make a backup of the image and install it in the raspberry pi.
i know i can do all that directly from the pi but i always mess up my image and have to re-flash the sd card. its much better to do it on a vm since i can take snapshots to help me if i broke something.
so the question is
1- can i install and configure retropie on a vm then back it up and install the configured image on my pi ?
2- if yes , is there a specific OS i should use( raspbian, ubuntu, debian, etc... ) or it doesn't matter ?
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In short, no. The Pi has a different architecture, based on an ARM CPU, which is not emulated on simple VM on the PC. You'd be installing a PC based Linux distribution, which will not work on a Pi.
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@mitu if i back it up manually ( transferring config, roms, BIOS ) would i run into the same problem ?
cuz all i care about is the emulators i install or at least the configurations i do to these emulators -
You can transfer BIOS and ROM files - like usual - but the emulator configs usually contain platform specific settings which should not be transferred. It's ok to transfer EmulationStation's setting - gamelists and metadata.
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