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Recalbox

Recalbox is a pre-configured Linux distribution for EmulationStation & RetroArch.

BIOS

Because Recalbox uses RetroArch under the hood, the instructions are generally the same as RetroArch. By default, the Recalbox BIOS directory is /recalbox/share/bios/:

You can copy ROMs from a USB drive named "USB-Drive" like this:

igir copy extract test clean \
  --dat "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libretro/libretro-database/master/dat/System.dat" \
  --input /media/USB-Drive/BIOS/ \
  --output /recalbox/share/bios

ROMs

Recalbox has a roms folder at /recalbox/share/roms/ that is used by default:

You can copy ROMs from a USB drive named "USB-Drive" like this:

igir copy zip test clean \
  --dat "/media/USB-Drive/No-Intro*.zip" \
  --input "/media/USB-Drive/ROMs/" \
  --output "/recalbox/share/roms/" \
  --dir-dat-name \
  --dir-letter \
  --no-bios