Batocera for RG35XX

These pages describe the installation of a custom firmware (CFW) based on Batocera Linux for the Anbernic RG35XX console.

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Installation

Download the latest release of the firmware for your RG35XX console from the releases page
Download Balena Etcher for your operative system
Install and run Balena Etcher
Open the firmware file and select your USB drive as your target device. Note that you will need a minimum of 8GB but we recommend a minimum of 16GB.
Click on Flash! and wait for the image to be created.
Insert the SDCARD into your RG35XX and power it on
The first time batocera boots it will enlarge the second partition to all the available storage. Once that’s finished, batocera will continue with its normal boot sequence. You should see the batocera logo in a bit, followed with EmulationStation (the main batocera interface) starting
Note that the first boot takes a bit more than a minute to finish, after that first boot the system should boot in aobut 35s

You can update the batocera system by flashing a new installation image, or you can update an existing image by following this procedure:

Download the boot.tar.xz for the latest release from the releases page
Insert the USB with your existing batocera installation on your PC/Mac/Linux
Mount the first partition called BATOCERA
Extract all the contents of the boot.tar.xz file and copy the contents to the BOOT partition
Eject the USB
Insert the USB on your console and boot