The Kodi setting folder is located at
/storage/.kodi
so you would want to place your advancedsettings.xml
/storage/.kodi/userdata/
For Emulation you have a few options.
- RetroPlayer is built into kodi, and you can install libretro cores for it as addons.
- This has the downside of not having a nice gui for listing your roms, and a more limited number of available emulators, but is the easiest to setup and use.
- EmuELEC addon, which is a version of the EmuELEC OS which has been designed to run as an addon on CoreELEC
https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/emuelec-retro-emulation-kodi-addon-for-coreelec/
- This provides emulationstation as an interface but does not provide all the features of the full EmuELEC OS
- Dual booting CoreELEC and EmuELEC. EmuELEC is a full OS dedicated to emulation and retro gaming.
https://github.com/EmuELEC/EmuELEC/releases
- This option is a bit more involved to setup and would require an additional storage device, you would also need to reboot the N2 when you wanted to switch between CoreELEC and EmuELEC. However it would provide the best option for having a Full feature media center and emulation setup. Todo this you would require 2 storage devices. uSD, eMMC module, and USB drive are viable storage options. Then while the N2 is turned off you would set the boot select switch on the N2 to SPI and attach both storage devices to the N2. After doing this when you power on the N2 you will be presented with the petitboot menu where you can select which OS you would like to boot.