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    Dualbooting RetroPie and Raspbian (while running VPN on Raspbian)

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    • J
      Jundishi
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      I currently have a Raspberry Pi 3 with RetroPie loaded onto it.

      After the FCC Privacy rules vote yesterday, I would like to install a VPN on my Pi as well so I can run my traffic through there for encryption.

      It looks like I can't install the VPN in Retropie OS so I would need to have the ability to dualboot both Raspbian and RetroPie.

      From what I have been reading, the best way to do this would be to wipe my SD card and install BerryBoot then install Raspbian/Retropie via BerryBoot to give me the option of choosing the OS on boot up. From there I will be able to boot into Raspbian and install whatever VPN I choose.

      Then I will have the ability to run the VPN on Raspbian and potentially boot into RetroPie to play games if I choose to.

      Has anyone done something similar before?
      Before I wipe all the configuration I already have, is there a better way of going about this??

      Thanks for the help!

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @Jundishi
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        @Jundishi There is no such thing as RetroPie OS. RetroPie runs on Raspbian on the premade images. So anything that works on Raspbian will work on it.

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          Jundishi
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          @BuZz Thanks for the response

          I haven't been able to find any mention of installing a VPN on RetroPie, is it even possible to do?

          If I am understanding you correctly, then I should be able to exit RetroPie into Raspbian install the VPN on there?

          Then once I turn on the Pi I will just need to exit RetroPie and enable the VPN and then go back into RetroPie??

          I am a bit confused of the interaction.

          Would it just be easier to install BerryBoot?

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @Jundishi
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            @Jundishi installing VPN on the retropie image is exactly the same as doing it on Raspbian. There are a selection of openvpn tutorials for Raspbian on the net. You can enable the vpn on boot for RetroPie via /etc/rc.local or via /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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              Jundishi
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              @BuZz Thanks for all the info.

              I am pretty new to Linux but I think I should be okay with the VPN portion of it by following a guide.

              As for enabling VPN on boot for RetroPie, that should be as simple correct? Just SSH into the Pi and edit the settings there?

              Sorry for the dumb questions!

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