Installing slot.¶

Flash BaseOS to an SD card

Download the latest release of BaseOS and write the .img to an SD card with something like Rufus or Raspberry Pi Imager.

Insert this card into the SD card slot labeled SD1.

Expand the storage

After inserting the SD card, power on your device. You should see a BaseOS boot logo and a message saying that storage is being expanded.

Once the storage is expanded, a message will say that no frontend was found. Power off your device.

Download the latest release

Go fetch the latest slot release from GitHub.

Copy it onto your SD card

Eject the SD card from SD1 and connect it back to your computer. Unzip the release zip you downloaded and copy the contents to the root of the SD card.

Add your games

Drop your legally obtained ROM files into their corresponding platform's folder in Games/. You may optionally place labels into the matching platform folder found in Labels/.

Re-insert the card into SD1 and boot!

I hope you enjoy using slot!

Flash BaseOS to an SD card

Download the latest release of BaseOS and write the .img to an SD card with something like Rufus or Raspberry Pi Imager.

Insert this card into the SD card slot labeled SD1.

Download the latest release

Go fetch the latest slot release from GitHub.

Copy it onto SD2

Prepare your second SD card by formatting it to FAT32 or exFAT with a Master Boot Record (MBR) partition scheme.

Once formatted, unzip the release zip you downloaded and copy the contents to the second SD card.

Add your games

Drop your legally obtained ROM files into their corresponding platform's folder in Games/. You may optionally place labels into the matching platform folder found in Labels/.

Put the second card into SD2 and boot!

I hope you enjoy using slot!