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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @ignatius
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      @ignatius Sure, doxbox is located in /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin/dosbox, just run the command from the terminal and see what errors you get.

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        ignatius
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        Hmm. No sign of it in that directory. And for some reason, unknown by me, I cannot install DOSBox from "RetroPie Setup", it does not have a binary to download. I can only install from source, and even then, it doesn't work. Not sure if it's my /etc/apt/sources.list or what. Something I should mention, is that, I installed dosbox via "apt-get install dosbox".

        Thanks.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @ignatius
          last edited by mitu

          @ignatius said in DOSBox and RetroPie.:

          Not sure if it's my /etc/apt/sources.list or what.

          Dosbox is not installed via apt. The package should be in the optional packages section:

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          Something I should mention, is that, I installed dosbox via "apt-get install dosbox".

          That's why you probably didn't have the es_systems.cfg configured and the Runcommand doesn't work.

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            ignatius
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            Ok. Trying to "Install from source"... We'll see.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @ignatius
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              @ignatius All optional packages should have a binary update/install option - don't you have that option ?

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                ignatius
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                No, I don't. :(

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @ignatius
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                  @ignatius usually if you dont have a binary it means you arent connected to the internet. But you havent said if the source was installing. Which dosbox are you installing?

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                    ignatius
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                    I've tried two different WiFi Servers. No luck with either.

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                      ignatius
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                      Could it possibly be a permissions error?

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @ignatius
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                        @ignatius have you tried clicking on update retropie-setup? What happens? 2 things i have seen are biggest issues. No wifi or your clock settings are wrong.

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                          ignatius
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                          Ok. I sovled it. It turned out that my router was blocking my RPi. Thanks to everyone for their insight.

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                            ignatius
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                            Now, one last question before I close this thread. I'm trying to transfer my RPi instalation from a 16GB card to a 32GB card. I formatted just as I did my 16GB card, partitioned the same, etc, but it just isn't working. I know that the RPi requires that the first partition needs to be FAT32 formatted, and the second partition needs to be formatted ext4 Linux. I copied my installation over, but it just isn't booting. Does the RPi Zero W not support 32GB cards, or what?

                            Thanks to everyone.

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                              mitu Global Moderator @ignatius
                              last edited by mitu

                              @ignatius You can just create a backup image from your existing SD card, then write it - with Etcher/Win32Diskimager - on your new SD card. It should work as long as the Pi model is the same.
                              Afterwards, you can go into raspi-config (which you can start from the RetroPie menu) and use the Expand filesystem option to fill up the rest of your 32Gb card.

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                                ignatius
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                                Awesome. Thank you. :)

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