MiSTer FPGA tips & tricks

[meauxdal]

made a post in the other thread about backup for rudie specifically, but it’s generally good info so i’m putting it here too

@meauxdal

some relevant things to consider backing up

files:

• media/fat/MiSTer.ini (and any alternate .ini files)
• media/fat/downloader.ini

folders:

• media/fat/config
• media/fat/saves
• media/fat/savestates
• media/fat/screenshots
• media/fat/scripts (mostly replaceable but may contain some .ini files you might want)

other things you might want:

• any computer core .vhd you’ve made changes to (e.g. the AmigaVision saved games .vhd). for me, i need to backup my MacPlus .vhd so any changes i’ve made there are retained
• any special cores you’ve added that don’t come down through update_all (i put these all in _Alternatives so i can just grab that whole folder when backing up)

i’ll continue adding to this if i think of anything else but this is most of what you’ll care about losing

easy mode: select-all everything on your SD, de-select the games folder, then backup. you’ll still need to consider any .vhd’s you’ve edited, but you’ll have absolutely everything else in a relatively small footprint