Beginners • Re: New to Raspberry Pi - Questions Please

Hi,

I am new to the world of Raspberry Pi, I purchased a new Raspberry Pi 5 - 16gb (yes I know probably don't need 16gb but I am retired and have the money)

Welcome. We are a community of helpful Raspberry PI Users most of whom are not related to RPI.

Questions:
1. Can I do a dual boot os system one with Batocera Linux latest and one with an Android 15 installation and upon boot up I can choose which os I want to boot to? Purpose I want to also play android games on the Raspberry Pi 5 not just emulated games.

Actually 3 questions:

• Is Bartocera Linux available for RPI and the answer seems to be yes https://batocera.org/download
• Is Android available for RPI and yes. Example https://emteria.com/lp/raspberry-pi-imager-android-rpi5
• Can you dual boot? Answer seems to be yes but it is not something native to RPI. See the following for examples and choices https://www.google.com/search?q=dual+bo ... e&ie=UTF-8

I also own the Pironman 5 Mini Raspberry Pi 5 case and I know that I can use Batocera Linux and still utilize the Pironman 5 software which is also desired when I boot to Batocera Linux or can I do both on Batocera Linux and play android games on it like COD Mobile etc.

2. Anyone know of SSD M2 2280 2tb and/or 4tb model that will work with Gen 3 speeds if I force this speed on the Pironman 5? I also don't want to solder anything if I don't have to make it power on.

This is a question to ask on the Pironman Forum as well as checking if it is supported under Batocer (which you seemed to have confirmed) and Android OS's. This is not a question for RPI IMHO.

Like I said I new to the Raspberry Pi 5 and I know maybe playing android games might not run well but i want to try it out - seen videos online posted that you can get it to work, just don't know how well like COD Mobile.

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read my questions/replies.

Please realize that your questions to do not relate to using the Raspberry PI OS as such you may get responses from users with similar configurations but personally I only work with the RPI OS

Good luck

Statistics: Posted by DS256 — Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:02 pm

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