# MiSTer FPGA Emulation System

## Setup

### Get the last core you used to autoboot after a few seconds

```ini
# /media/fat/linux/MiSTer.ini

[MiSTer]
bootcore=lastexactcore
bootcore_timeout=10
```

* https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?t=1783

## Linux

The MiSTer comes with a minimal Linux OS. Hit F9 at the main menu to get to a prompt. Log in as `root` with the password `1`.

### Utilities included

Ones that are useful for moving ROMS off of a network server:

* Midnight Commander: `mc`
* `ssh`
* [[technologies:rsync|rsync]]
  * The `rsync` on here requires `-zz` if you want to use compression

For mounting some systems' drives to modify them:

* `losetup`, which you can use to mount an AO486 drive to move files around: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oK0O5jl9ck

```
losetup -Pf /path/to/drive/img
mount /dev/loop1p1 /mnt
```

### Drive mounts

The MiSTer will mount the SD card in the DE-10 as `/media/fat` and everything else as `/media/usb#`. When running a core, the MiSTer will walk through the drives in `fat` -> `usb#` order, looking for the first `games/?` directory that matches when displaying a filelist. `/media/fat` also contains the MiSTer OS stuff in the `linux` folder, and that will be replaced whenever the OS updates.

### Core networking

The [[:amiga|Commodore Amiga]] and AO486 can handle networking.

* Network side
  * Assign two static IP addresses to your MiSTer
    * Use one for normal MiSTer networking
    * Save the other one for PPP
* MiSTer side
  * Edit `/media/linux/ppp-options`
    * At the bottom of the file, add `<ip address for normal networking>:<ip address for PPP>`
  * Ensure the core has UART set to PPP
* Core side
  * When setting up PPP, use the PPP address as your address

Ref: https://boogermann.github.io/Bible_MiSTer/getting-started/network/internet-supported-cores/