# Mame bios and roms location

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-bios-and-roms-location/2992>\
**Category:** Emulators\
**Created:** [February 22, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-bios-and-roms-location/2992 "2019-02-22T19:07:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![atomsk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/atomsk/32/2122_2.png) [@atomsk](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/atomsk)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-bios-and-roms-location/2992/1 "2019-02-22T19:07:40Z")

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isn’t there a way to separate the roms from the bios files ? Currently I have all my roms&bios files in the same directory and the filenames don’t help much when it comes to select roms to play. Also it seems that i cannot rename the rom files.

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**Author:** ![guu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@guu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/guu)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/mame-bios-and-roms-location/2992/2 "2019-02-22T19:52:21Z")

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maybe this can help

try to edit `~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg`

set `system_directory = "~/apps/emulators/bios"`

or anywhere you like

also dont forget to

```auto
mkdir ~/apps/emulators/bios

```