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Here is what I did. I installed the software in the /usr/local directory, according to the 5 steps listed above. Then I changed to my home directory and created folders to hold my personal configuration file (will generate in a minute), plus my roms etc. | Here is what I did. I installed the software in the /usr/local directory, according to the 5 steps listed above. Then I changed to my home directory and created folders to hold my personal configuration file (will generate in a minute), plus my roms etc. | ||
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greg@liberty:~$ cd | greg@liberty:~$ cd | ||
greg@liberty:~$ mkdir .advance | greg@liberty:~$ mkdir .advance | ||
greg@liberty:~$ cd .advance/ | greg@liberty:~$ cd .advance/ | ||
greg@liberty:~/.advance$ mkdir artwork cfg diff hi image inp lowcase memcard mp3 nvram rom sample snap sta | greg@liberty:~/.advance$ mkdir artwork cfg diff hi image inp lowcase memcard mp3 nvram rom sample snap sta | ||
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Once the directories were setup, I copied my artwork, rom and image folders off my Windows machine where I previously setup mame | Once the directories were setup, I copied my artwork, rom and image folders off my Windows machine where I previously setup mame | ||
==Creating a dedicated Arcade Machine== | ==Creating a dedicated Arcade Machine== | ||
See [http://www.bernieberg.com/mame/linuxmame.htm this page] for information on how to tweak your start-up script, shutdown script and environment to make a PC-based Arcade Machine | See [http://www.bernieberg.com/mame/linuxmame.htm this page] for information on how to tweak your start-up script, shutdown script and environment to make a PC-based Arcade Machine | ||