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

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    • susan33
      susan33 last edited by

      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.

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      • susan33
        susan33 last edited by

        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.

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        • paradadf
          paradadf Staff @susan33 last edited by

          @susan33 it is working now as expected, thanks!

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          • Shockwave
            Shockwave last edited by

            @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?

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            • Substring
              Substring @Shockwave last edited by

              @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

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              • voljega
                voljega Banned @Substring last edited by voljega

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

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                  Substring @voljega last edited by

                  @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

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                  • botte
                    botte last edited by

                    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.

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                    • paradadf
                      paradadf Staff last edited by

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

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                      • Substring
                        Substring @botte last edited by

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

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                        • paradadf
                          paradadf Staff @Substring last edited by

                          @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.

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                          • botte
                            botte last edited by

                            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

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                            • Shockwave
                              Shockwave last edited by

                              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).

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                              • Substring
                                Substring @Shockwave last edited by

                                @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 ?

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                                • Shockwave
                                  Shockwave last edited by

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

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                                  • Shockwave
                                    Shockwave last edited by

                                    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. 🙂

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                                    • otopba
                                      otopba last edited by

                                      Hello!
                                      Downloaded Recalbox, wrote on a flash drive.
                                      On the computer everything is loaded, everything works.
                                      I decided to move to the ancient laptop.
                                      But the trouble is that there is no EFI in it. Accordingly does not see Recalbox. A flash drive on boot sees other boot disks load (like HirenBootCD)
                                      But batosera does not want.
                                      No one came across? How to download it without UEFI mode? Google, unfortunately, did not help.

                                      I also tried LAKKA. Also does not see it on the flash drive.

                                      I detached the HDD, connected it via USB to another computer, wrote down Recalbox using Win32 imager. Does not work.

                                      EasyBSD does not work, there is no UEFI.

                                      I do not know what to do.

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                                      • abunille
                                        abunille @otopba last edited by

                                        @otopba said in How to create USB bootable for x86-64-bit for 4.1 (alpha)?:

                                        But batosera does not want.

                                        Hi,

                                        you are here in recalbox Forum and not batocera.
                                        Explain your problem in the batocera Forum 😉

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