So is the Raspberry Pi 5 dead?

retropieuser555

@Jiryn have you tried the manual install?

If you have a spare SD card knocking about I'd give that a go, as it might help you learn a little more about the mechanics of Linux and the file structure process it's built on

Jiryn

@retropieuser555
Had to take 2-3 semesters of Unix/Linux back as an undergrad...
Granted that was 20yrs ago, but it shouldn't have changed that much.
Not used, or even touched it since getting my degrees (Masters in Netwrok Administration/Engineer), so you may be right about needing a refresh.
(Unless you count modifying the system files through command prompt on older pis)

As for the SD-Card, I have a 1TB on stand by for when the image is release.
I had been thinking of a manual install, just lazy and working on multiple things.

Basically, my PI is so I can play and stream Arcade Games, 32X, and legacy consoles I don't own (The Ataris)

Efriim

Installing retropie on rpi5 right now. It has been a few years since ive been on here, back when we were all(mostly) using rpi3b+

retropieuser555

@Jiryn with that SD card, I'd look into an SSD if you have a cheap one knocking around? Using one of the m.2 adapters (I use the pimoroni base) to attach some simple m.2 SSD storage has been a blessing as it does give a nice speedy boost over SD cards, so that alone is nice to play around with.

And being able to read/write the sram data of games every few seconds rather than every minute for fear of overwriting the SD card is quite nice too

Jiryn

@retropieuser555
I don't think my case will allow for an SDD.. hell it wouldn't even let me have the official fan/thermal kit
https://vilros.com/products/vilros-aluminum-alloy-passive-and-active-cooling-cooling-raspberry-pi-5-case-cnc-crafted
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Sadly, I also don't know where to start on self installing.

mitu

I think this topic has run its course and instead has become a Pi5 related questions dumping ground - please use the pinned Raspberry Pi 5 topic instead for Pi5 complaints or questions/ideas.