How to create USB bootable for x86-64-bit for 4.1 (alpha)?

[susan33]

can you describe what happen exactly ?
do you boot using efi or bio or you dont k'ow ?

[paradadf]

I can tell you that I boot with bios and it just jumps to windows instead of the selected USB on x86_64. x86 boots like it should.

[Shockwave]

Tried booting using BIOS, not Win10. For me, it just jumps to the OS (tried on multiple laptops and even my hacked Chromebox, just goes into Ubuntu/Win10 instead).

[Shockwave]

x86 version works just fine (tested it just now). Just the 64-bit version. Heads up.

[susan33]

ok, i'm just take some minutes to check why it could not work.
x86_64 computers can boot from bios or efi. i use efi on my computers,
but...

it's possible that i totally forgot to add bios for the x86_64 boot.
All apologies.
I'll fix, and propose a new build soon.

[susan33]

I've released an alph4 that should solve the problem.
Note that on 1 of my computer, i've still trouble to boot recalbox (the usb key is not found at boot AFTER grub is loaded (it happend with x86 and x86_64)) ; but reboot a 2nd times helps. So, please make me feedback if it works or not.

[paradadf]

@susan33 it is working now as expected, thanks!

[Shockwave]

@susan33 Yup, it's working, confirmed. Can't wait until this goes live! Just curious...do you have a version that can install and transform a PC into a permanent Recalbox? Kind of like a Raspberry Pi-type deal but on a PC without an OS?

[Substring]

@Shockwave he hs answered on github such question ... The initramfs needs some HDD drivers (IDE but most probably S-ATA). A contributer is trying to help with that

[voljega]

@subs so does this mean it's also only working on a usb drive for now not on an external hdd ?

[Substring]

@voljega so far yes. But as I said, this may changeas it needs a little work to allow booting from HDDs. The real question would be : how to install it ? burn the img on a HDD, or add an installer in recalbox ? Up to @susan33 to decide

[botte]

Hi All,

I'd like to try recalbox with this x86-64 version as I don't have any raspberry.
I downloaded recalbox.img.gz from http://recalbox.remix.free.fr/4/x86_64/alpha/alpha4/ (first time 359mo, then 1.46go, I think this is the good one despite what the website show me) then I tried to write it to my usb key with Win32DiskManager, first the .img.gz, then unzip it with 7zip and write the 0.fat as well as 1.img, but nothings gives me a bootable usb stick. Can someone provide more complete procedure ?

thanks a lot in advance.

[paradadf]

Don't unzip it. Select the .gz file directly.

[Substring]

@botte unzip to get a .img, then use Win32DiskImager

[paradadf]

@subs there is no need for that. You can just select *.* to see all files and choose recalbox.img.gz directly. On Windows, you usually unzip the .img.gz altogether, which isn't helpful.

[botte]

thanks guys. It was actually due to wrong downloading of image! I was able to boot recalbox 64 bit I unzipped the .img.gz and put it on usb key with win32diskimager. Works perfect

[Shockwave]

Another Q: how long does it take for a OS revision to transition out of alpha to beta for you? So I can download a more stable version (found some experience-killing bugs in the alpha versions for the 32-bit x86, 64-bit x86 and Odroid XU4 versions). I know these things take some time to work out (I'm also a fellow programmer as well, so I know debugging, testing, documentation, retest, etc. is all a pain in the @$$). Do you have an average time to release? (not binding, because, well, it's software, and us programmers know software does slip due to unforeseen circumstances).

[Substring]

@Shockwave have you reported these bugs ? All the platforms you are mentionning are just like newborns. Despite the great work from susan33, it will take some time to reach a mature version.

Concerning the XU4, the job is done, i didn't find much to say abt it, it works really good. Please either fill an issue on github or open a new topic so that you can name this experience-killing bugs. Unless you've already done so ?

[Shockwave]

I'll gladly do some more testing on the XU4.

[Shockwave]

Right now, not reporting any bugs because I know they're really early/young on the x86 platforms, so that's why I'm not really harping on any really "mid-range" bugs right now because you've got the big ones to worry about.

I've got one on your XU4 so I'll hop on GitHub and submit it.