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Drakosha said:
How to install Android x86
(Sony Vaio Tap 11)
GPT, UEFI, working ARM translator
Hi.
This guide is written for "[FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT]" (all versions), but it should work for most, if not all UEFI computers with GPT hard drives. However, on "[FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT]", Android 4.4 RC1 works perfectly. EVERYTHING is functional, including ARM translator, both cameras, Wi-Fi, touchscreen, Bluetooth etc. Therefore, this tablet is an ideal choice for running Windows 8.1 together with Android.
First, download all the required files & software in one package:
What you need:
One USB flash drive (16GB minimum) for installation
Minitool Partition Wizard 8.1.1 (included)
Notepad++ 6.5.5 (included)
Android 4.4 RC1 with libhoudini, GAPPS, Root & UEFI-patched kernel (included)
GRUB from Ubuntu 13 (included)
Working UEFI Windows 8.x with GPT hard drive, on the computer where you are going to install Android to.
The installation is very simple, however if you do not know what is "partition" or how to enter BIOS – Please DO NOT TRY THIS. Ask someone for help.
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO RUIN YOUR WINDOWS INSTALLATION AND LOOSE ALL OF YOUR DATA IF YOU MAKE MISTAKE DURING PARTITIONING,
so please be careful.
Let us begin then! Everything is going to be done on the same Windows 8 PC you are installing Android to.
[FONT="]0) [/FONT]Go to your PC BIOS and turn OFF "Secure boot" (it will not affect Windows 8). On "[FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT]" it is ALSO required to "Clear all secure boot keys" in BIOS setup and reboot once. Leave UEFI boot turned on.
[FONT="]1) [/FONT]Start Windows & install Minitool Partition Wizard 8.1.1 (pwhe8.exe).
[FONT="]2) [/FONT]Insert 16 GB USB drive. Format it with regular Windows Explorer, use FAT32.
[FONT="]3) [/FONT]Run Minitool Partition Wizard. BE CAREFUL! CHOOSE YOUR USB DRIVE, NOT YOUR HDD! Resize the main partition of your USB drive so that there is 7.9GB of free space left AT THE END. Do not exceed 8GB.
[FONT="]4) [/FONT]Not closing Minitool Partition Wizard, create PRIMARY EXT2 partition to the extent of that 7.9GB of the empty space on your USB drive. Name it "Android".
[FONT="]5) [/FONT]Close Minitool Partition Wizard. Go to Windows Explorer and copy everything FROM the folder "[FONT="]Install USB[/FONT]" (not the folder itself!) to your USB drive, so that you have "[FONT="]EFI[/FONT]", "[FONT="]boot[/FONT]" and "[FONT="]android[/FONT]" folders in the USB drive's root.
[FONT="]6) [/FONT]Press "Shift" on the keyboard, and while holding it choose "Restart" from Windows 8 charm bar (that annoying vertical stripe to the right). "Advanced Reboot" menu appears, choose "Use device" -> "UEFI USB drive"
Now, if you are using Sony Vaio Tap 11, there is everything already set in config files & you do not need to edit them. However, if your PC is different, now it's a good time to test if it can run Android x86 at all. So:
[FONT="]7) [/FONT]a) - ([FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT]) - When black GRUB startup screen appears, choose "Install Android" -> wait for installation screen -> Select partition "sdb2 (linux)" -> Select "Do not format" -> Select "Yes, install GRUB" -> Select "Yes, install system r\w" -> Wait -> Select "Reboot".
[FONT="]7) [/FONT]b) - (NOT [FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT]) - When black GRUB startup screen appears, choose "Live Android 4.4" and TEST EVERYTHING. Don't worry if ARM translator doesn't work - it will, after you install Android to HDD. If everything seems fine, choose "Power Off" from Android (NOT “REBOOT”!), start Windows again and repeat steps 6) & 7a).
[FONT="]8) [/FONT]Now that you have installed Android to EXT2 partition on your USB drive, it is time to move it to HDD. Remove USB drive. Start Windows and launch Minitool Partition Wizard.
[FONT="]9) [/FONT]THIS IS THE PART WHERE YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL. Select your main computer's HDD. Find Windows partition (disk C:). If C: is your PC's only drive (like on [FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT] and most Ultrabooks) - carefully resize it with Minitool Partition Wizard, leaving ~8.5GB of free space AFTER it. WARNING! DRIVE C: IS NOT ALWAYS THE "LAST" PARTITION ON YOUR HDD - SOMETIMES THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RECOVERY & OEM PARTITIONS AFTER IT, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE UNDER WINDOWS, BUT CAN IN Minitool Partition Wizard. DO NOT TOUCH THEM! RESIZE JUST THE DRIVE C:! If there are additional (logical) drives in your PC (D:, E: etc.) - resize the last one that you can see under Windows explorer, but, I repeat, DO NOT TOUCH ANY PARTITION BEFORE OR AFTER IT!
[FONT="]10) [/FONT]Close Minitool Partition Wizard. Insert your 16GB USB drive, where Android was just installed. Launch Minitool Partition Wizard again.
[FONT="]11) [/FONT]Select your USB drive. Choose EXT2 partition and COPYit to the free space of your main HDD, but position it AT THE END OF FREE SPACE - remember, we created EXT2 with the size of 7.9GB, but resized C: to free 8.5GB? Therefore, there will be ~500-600MB of free space left BETWEEN YOUR RESIZED DRIVE C: & EXT2 PARTITION. That's exactly what we need.
[FONT="]12) [/FONT]When copying of EXT2 partition finishes, create new PRIMARY FAT32 partition in that 500-600MB of remaining free space. Name it "GRUB" and let Minitool Partition Wizard assign some drive letter to it (don't worry, it is all temporary). Let's assume that the letter assigned was "E:"
[FONT="]13) [/FONT]Now the fun part COUNT (literally, with your finger) ALL PARTITIONS ON YOUR HARD DRIVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - count every single one, including the just created "GRUB". Write down (on a sheet of paper) the position of your just copied EXT2 partition - on [FONT="]Sony Vaio Tap 11[/FONT], it will be number 7, on other GPT computers - likely 6 (or 7). Close Minitool Partition Wizard.
[FONT="]14) [/FONT]Go to Windows Explorer and copy everything FROM the folder "Copy to GRUB HDD Partition" (not the folder itself!) to your newly created "E:" drive ("GRUB"), so that you have "EFI" and "boot" folders in "E:" drive's root.
[FONT="]15) [/FONT]Go to "E:" drive's root and edit the file "boot" -> "grub" -> "grub.cfg". Do NOT use Windows' "Notepad" for that, use included "Notepad++"
[FONT="]16) [/FONT]Find this:
Code:
menuentry "Run Android x86" {
set root=(hd0,gpt7)
linux /android-4.4-RC1/kernel root=/dev/sda7 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 SRC=/android-4.4-RC1
initrd /android-4.4-RC1/initrd.img
}
CHANGE "root=(hd0,gpt7)" & "root=/dev/sda7" TO THAT NUMBER YOU'VE WRTITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER - for example, if your EXT2 partition was 6th from the left, change "root=(hd0,gpt7)" to "root=(hd0,gpt6)" & "root=/dev/sda7" to "root=/dev/sda6". DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE. DO NOT ADD SPACES. Save the file.
[FONT="]17) [/FONT]Edit the file "boot" -> "grub" -> "loopback.cfg" in exactly the same way as in the previous step. Save the file. Close editor.
[FONT="]18) [/FONT]Remove USB drive if you had not already. That is important – if USB is inserted, then ITwill become “hd0” for grub & Android would fail to load.
[FONT="]19) [/FONT]Reboot your PC. It will start Windows as usual. Wait until it booted completely and go to Desktop (from Windows 8 Metro screen)
[FONT="]20) [/FONT]Move your mouse to the very bottom-left corner & press RIGHT button. Choose "Disk Management". Find your little ~500-600MB "GRUB" partition (disk "E:" in this guide), press right mouse button & pick "Change drive letters & paths". Press "Remove" button. No more useless disk "E:" in Explorer
[FONT="]21) [/FONT]At last, press "Shift" on the keyboard and, while holding it, choose "Restart" from Windows 8 charm bar (that annoying vertical stripe to the right). "Advanced Reboot" menu appears, choose "Use device" -> and surprise! New choice appears there - "UEFI HDD drive"! That is your Android. This is how you will access it every time (reboot Windows with "Shift").
To return to Windows from Android, just select "Power Off" from drop-down, & then simply start your PC again. Do NOT use terminal command "Reboot" - if PC is rebooted from Android to Windows without proper shutdown, Bluetooth will not work under Windows until switched on\off in Android.
In a rare case when GRUB becomes the default UEFI loader, not letting you to start Windows – there’s an entry in it to chainload UEFI Windows 8 boot manager. You have 5 seconds on every boot to select this entry. Then your PC will boot Windows normally, & Windows should automatically correct its loading sequence. Android will still be accessible in a usual way.
That's it Happy hacking!
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I have tried following your instructions to put android on my sony Vaio tap 11, but I cant even get past step 5
Ive followed each step to the letter, but once ive created the 'Primary EXT2' partition, I cant see the usb drive in my computer to copy over the 'Install USB' files
Have you got any idea where im going wrong?
smash monkey said:
I have tried following your instructions to put android on my sony Vaio tap 11, but I cant even get past step 5
Ive followed each step to the letter, but once ive created the 'Primary EXT2' partition, I cant see the usb drive in my computer to copy over the 'Install USB' files
Have you got any idea where im going wrong?
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Once you perform step 2, (Format it with regular Windows Explorer, use FAT32) you should be able to copy the files to the USB drive. If not, there could be an issue with your USB drive. You won't be able to see the EXT2 filesystem on Windows, this is just for OS installation later.
Ok il try transferring the files then doing step 3, 4 (not 5 because weve already copied it) then 6 onwards. Thanks
The USB drive itself is fine, I use it everyday
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bitpushr said:
Once you perform step 2, (Format it with regular Windows Explorer, use FAT32) you should be able to copy the files to the USB drive. If not, there could be an issue with your USB drive. You won't be able to see the EXT2 filesystem on Windows, this is just for OS installation later.
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I tried this, and when I reboot using the advanced reboot, use device, UEFI USB drive, it just reboots and goes to windows.
Oh and also my sony vaio tap 11 in advanced reboot > usb device > it doesnt say 'UEFI USB Drive', it just says 'EFI USB Drive'
now when I was doing step 0, there wasnt anything in my bios that said 'Clear all secure boot keys'
Not sure why this wont work for me, im usually quite good with following these sort of things.
Anymore tips?
Ok a bit of an update,
If i boot from the USB stick (this is a second usb stick im trying now)
I get: Could not open "\EFI\BOOT\fallback.efi": 14
error: variable 'root' isn't set.
Any ideas?
smash monkey said:
Ok a bit of an update,
If i boot from the USB stick (this is a second usb stick im trying now)
I get: Could not open "\EFI\BOOT\fallback.efi": 14
error: variable 'root' isn't set.
Any ideas?
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ok so i only have the error "error: variable root isnt set" if anyone can help please??
Anyone got any ideas on this issue please?
How to install Android x86 (Sony Vaio Tap 11)
Hello, Android 4.4 KitKat is working perfect on my Sony Vaio Tap11, but i have not enough disk space to be able install Apps on the partion that i create for Android. could you please help.
where to get android-x86 system files tool?
Can not distinguish partitions during x86 install on a win7 notebook
Sda 1
Sda 2
Sda 3 . . . And 2 more even though i have only 3 partitions.
There is no other information , and I do not want to instal Android in the Windows C volume. The only recognisable item from that list is the flash drive containing the Android installation Files. This is the very first day on this forum and the very first question, Im yet to find my way around this site.
Thank you
Hello guys
it will be helpfull if anybody will port android x86 L to 32 bit......
installed and used once. Reboot fails as the grub config hasnt been written. " error - variable root hasnt been set." system is read only so I guess the grub file will never get written. The installer needs option to write a grub config or installer generates its own. Im sick of reinstalling this thing through all install options. maybe in a year or two I'll try again.
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Hi, can some one explain me what I am doing wrong. On step 6, I can't type anything, because it's suggest me boot any of device.
Reply Arhitector said: Hi, can some one explain me what I am doing wrong. On step 6, I can't type anything, because it's suggest me boot any of device. Click to expand... Click to collapse It should show up on the boot menu, where it shows the the screen to choose guest mode or the other, highlight the other one and press tab, you should see the it stating there press tab.
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Good news! I hope this update solve my problems with my Broadcom BCM43142 chipset!
edgerch said: Good news! I hope this update solve my problems with my Broadcom BCM43142 chipset! Click to expand... Click to collapse It did solve my wifi problems
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stayloa said: Still can't get play store working at all on this version... Click to expand... Click to collapse I never use the app. This method only works if you haven't already used the app to activate the Play Store Instead go to settings/experimental features and enable debug terminal console. Then I use ALT&F1 to open debug command line and type : pm disable com.jide.apppolicy pm enable com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts pm enable com.google.android.gms pm enable com.google.android.gsf pm enable com.google.android.partnersetup pm enable com.google.android.feedback pm enable com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar pm enable com.google.android.gsf.login pm enable com.google.android.backuptransport After type pm list packages -d You should see only the one you disabled Press ALT&F7 zto exit terminal IMMEDIATELY REBOOT
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Sweeeeeeeet. Wifi is now working. and it has already mounted all my drives :good::laugh:
lollyjay said: I never use the app. This method only works if you haven't already used the app to activate the Play Store Instead go to settings/experimental features and enable debug terminal console. Then I use ALT&F1 to open debug command line and type : pm disable com.jide.apppolicy pm enable com.google.android.syncadapters.contacts pm enable com.google.android.gms pm enable com.google.android.gsf pm enable com.google.android.partnersetup pm enable com.google.android.feedback pm enable com.google.android.syncadapters.calendar pm enable com.google.android.gsf.login pm enable com.google.android.backuptransport After type pm list packages -d You should see only the one you disabled Press ALT&F7 zto exit terminal IMMEDIATELY REBOOT Click to expand... Click to collapse The problem is bigger than using a standard method unfortunately. Something fundamentally isn't working with a few peoples' installs. We've all tried that method (which is my default go to) but nothing works...
Yup, just tried the 102 version hoping my WiFi will work...still nothing. It seems I don't have the lucky chipset. I have a RTL8192CU. Oh well...maybe with the next update.
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osr.arora said: Hi, I require URGENT help. Originally i had a 64GB e-mmc on my windows tablet, which had a single partition of 57GB named C:\ & Windows 8 came pre-installed on it. Rest 5GB disk was kept as Recovery by OEM. I updated to Windows 10 last year. Now, a month back in order to run Remix OS beta, on my laptop. i used Windows in-built disk management tool, to shrink the C:\ drive, & took 15GB from it & set it as a new partition, & named it E:\ drive. & disabled Secureboot in BIOS, & then installed the beta Remix OS on the E:\. As the Remix OS beta, would not load from Windows boot menu from BIOS, i booted Windows 10 & formatted the E:\. Today, I downloaded the "Remix OS 3.0 for PC", & through it's installation file installed the Remix OS.iso on the (E:\) 15GB partition. After the setup of remix os (running in windows) was complete, it asked for reboot. After reboot, It immediately shows me a screen: showing: GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta2. & listing RemixOS as the only option to boot. [Windows 10 was nowhere to be found. Apparently Windows Boot Manager had be over-written by GNU GRUB.] Anyways, After selecting the remix os option, it kept loading till, it shows the language setup screen. Then i'm unable to select the English language (keyboard doesn't work). I have to force reboot, after clicking power button for 10 seconds. But again GNU GRUB screen comes, & only shows RemixOS as an option to boot. I created a bootable usb drive of Partition Magic Free .iso, & tried loading it from the BIOS menu, where it showed me two options: 1. Windows Boot Manager 2. UEFI: USB USB hard drive (# pendrive) Upon selecting the 2nd option, nothing happened. it showed the same BIOS screen. I then created the Windows Recovery flash drive, from another Windows tablet, on the same Pen drive (after formatting it). Now surprisingly, the laptop succesfully booted from the Windows Recovery pendrive. But the repair tool, did not solve my problem. So i went into command prompt (which is built-in on the Windows Recovery drive) went into DISKPART>list disk> selected disk 0> list partition> #selected the E: partition. gave CLEAN command, Which apparently cleaned the whole 64GB disk, rather than cleaning the E:\ partition. So now, i require your HELP, in getting back my important files which were in my C:\ So that after recovering them, to my external drive. I can load a fresh Windows 10 on this 64GB e-mmc card. Kindly tell me, which software can i use to recover data from my CLEANED disk ? Click to expand... Click to collapse this is so sad ... i suggest that you install a files recovery app to your usb if you install anything to your drive your files may be overwritten ... so be careful . GOOD LUCK
salimtn said: this is so sad ... i suggest that you install a files recovery app to your usb if you install anything to your drive your files may be overwritten ... so be careful . GOOD LUCK Click to expand... Click to collapse Sadly, my Samsung ATIV 500T's BIOS doesn't let me boot from any USB recovery drive, other than the Windows Recovery USB drive (created from another Windows 10 installation)
My Solution osr.arora said: Sadly, my Samsung ATIV 500T's BIOS doesn't let me boot from any USB recovery drive, other than the Windows Recovery USB drive (created from another Windows 10 installation) Click to expand... Click to collapse I had the same problem. Windows wasn't deleted, it just didn't have a grub2 entry. To reboot into Windows, I pressed "c" to access the grub2 bash command-line, and then I typed exit, which loaded me into the bios menu for my Nextbook Flexx 10.1 Windows tablet. In the bios menu, I was able to select the Windows EFI Boot Manager, and continue into Windows. Hopefully, this solution works for you. When you boot back into Windows, if you are like me and are unfamiliar with editing grub.cfg files to add a Windows entry, grub2win is a fairly simple UI for setting up a grub2 bootloader. And from within the grub2win UI, you can change the EFI Firmware Boot Order.
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Remix won't boot on my PC. I get an Error 15 and that's it any ideas? AMD A10-6800 with Radeon HD graphics 4.40 ghz 8 gb Ram Windows 10 64bit Thanks for any help
That is bootloader related. I have it on my sister's Asus but I managed to fix it. First extract all of the ISOs contents to the root of your windows partition, or any partition. Remember the ROOT of a partition don't add them to any subfolders. Make sure that system.sfs and kernel are in the root of the partition. 2) Download EasyBCD in windows "google it" 3) Put the iso file itself in the root of the partition as well and rename it to Remix.iso 4) Open EasyBCD - - > Add new Entry - - > go down and select iso tab. Select the iso file remix.iso and press add entry. 5) Reboot and select Neosmart iso or whatever you renamed it in the Windows boot menu. It will boot you to the iso. Select resident mode. And press enter. I hope this helps.
@mdgraphix I need little bit more information before I help you. 1. Did you use the official installer? 2. Did you install from Windows or from USB? 3. Please make a picture of your screen when the error 15 occurs or write down what's on the screen before the error. Sent from mobile
Acer Switch 10 - Cant boot - 'no such device: /RemixOS/Kernel'
Can anyone help me booting into RemixOS with my Acer Switch 10 V laptop. Its been quite a struggle so far, but I have managed to at least get as far as having the Option to Boot into either Windows or RemixOS. However when i choose RemixOS i get the following error... error: no such device: /RemixOS/kernel. error: file '/RemixOS/kernel' not found. alloc magic is broken at 0x71f8ad60: 71ed7760 Aborted. press any key to exit._ Due to the quirks of the bios on this device I had to do the following steps to even get it to try and boot into RemixOS. 1) Disable Secure boot in Bios, restart Windows and install RemixOS. Result is will never boot to RemixOS always Windows, you wont even see the option to boot into RemixOS even pressing F12. Solve this by doing following..... 2) Renable Secure boot in Bios, this then enables the option to manually "Select a UEFI file as a trusted source for executing", go into this and it allows me to browse the normally hidden FAT32 EFI System Partition on the hard drive, so I go to "EFI/RemixOS" and add the following files as trusted..... BOOTx64.EFI , bootia32.efi & grubx64.efi 3) Save changes, then disable Secure boot once again (you can only add trusted efi files when its enabled hence step 2) 4) Now BOOTx64.EFI , bootia32.efi & grubx64.efii along with 'Windows boot manager' appear as choices to boot into. Windows boot manager obviously boots into Windows. bootia32.efi does nothing and boots into windows. Bootx64.EFI and grubx64.efi if selected will then boot into the choice screen where you choose 'Windows' or 'RemixOS' If I choose RemixOS i get a black screen then the following flashes up... error: no such device: /RemixOS/kernel. error: file '/RemixOS/kernel' not found. alloc magic is broken at 0x71f8ad60: 71ed7760 Aborted. press any key to exit._ Click to expand... Click to collapse Does anyone know how I can fix this, i feel like i'm close in at least getting the Bootx64.EFI etc etc into the boot menu, but now I just need to find out why it wont actually boot to RemixOS. My noob thoughts at the moment ... = is it because the trusted EFI files I added in the bios are located on the hidden FAT32 EFI system partition and not on the NTFS normal partitions where Windows and remixOS is actually installed ? (Bios wont allow me to browse that partition) ?? Do I need to edit some files on the hidden EFI System Partition to change paths ? Do I need to add some file maybe to this Hidden EFI partition ?? Any help greatly appreciated
I think you are trying to add remix/grub as a uefi entry? If you boot to WBM do you get an option screen with 'Advanced Options' or something on it?
HypoTurtle said: I think you are trying to add remix/grub as a uefi entry? If you boot to WBM do you get an option screen with 'Advanced Options' or something on it? Click to expand... Click to collapse Hello, yes I have added remix/grub as a uefi entry i think that is what I described in the steps, that allows to then select BOOTx64.EFI or grubx64.efi which then take to OS choice screen (Windows or Remix). If I choose Remix i get the errors stated. If I boot and choose WBM i just boot straight onto Windows. I have found a few threads relating to this but don't know if they are relevant to me really though https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/remix-os-for-pc/YdRwixWpitk/et3D_js9CQAJ
slickric21 said: Hello, yes I have added remix/grub as a uefi entry i think that is what I described in the steps, that allows to then select BOOTx64.EFI or grubx64.efi which then take to OS choice screen (Windows or Remix). If I choose Remix i get the errors stated. If I boot and choose WBM i just boot straight onto Windows. I have found a few threads relating to this but don't know if they are relevant to me really though https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/remix-os-for-pc/YdRwixWpitk/et3D_js9CQAJ Click to expand... Click to collapse Try and add a safemode entry to WMB or do an advanced reboot - what you want to do is tell the sysyem to boot a 'uefi usb' But it could be that you should be using the 32bit version instead
I'm have installed RemixOS onto my hardrive and not a USB stick, I should have made that clear in my post sorry. I just used the installer to install it to my Windows installation and used the latest x64 version for UEFI bios. I have tried to boot by selecting the bootia32.efi file in boot options but that just boots straight to Windows. Been searching the net for hours now, I think it's something to do with Paths in the Grub.cfg file that is located on the hidden EFI partition. Update: I'm getting closer !! So I used the instructions on the link in the post i made earlier (just changed it to the Bootx64.EFI as i'm installing the x64bit version not the 32bit version in that post) In a nutshell I mounted the hidden EFI partition in Windows and assigned it the letter B. I then copied over the 'kernel' and 'initrd.img' from my RemixOS.iso and then edited the Grub.cfg to change the lines "/RemixOS/kernel" and "/RemixOS/initrd.img" to /EFI/RemixOS/ & /EFI/RemixOS/initrd.img (note I had 2 Grub.cfgs on the EFI partition, so edited them both in the same way - one was in the RemixOS folder and another in boot>grub folder). NOW....................... when I select BOOTx64.EFI in my boot menu, then select RemixOS, I get the first loading screen of Android-x86 which i've never had before.....but then I get this [ 1.676681] i8042: Can't read CTR while initialising i8042 [ 1.838221] i2c_designware 808622C1:06: punit semaphore timed out, resetting [ 1.030610] i2c_designware 80822C1:06: PUNIT SEM: 2 [ 1.839510] i2c_designware 80822C1:06: couldn't acquire bus ownership Click to expand... Click to collapse ((