I understand how to install Remix onto a bootable USB flash drive. I understand how to format a partition on an existing HDD to dual boot between Windows and Remix.
However, I can not seem to figure out how to install Remix onto a separate HDD from the one that the current OS is on, in order to be put into a separate computer. Basically, I have an old Dell Mini 10 and I want to install Remix OS onto the 120GB HDD, but I do not need any other operating system on it. Is this possible?
If so, how can I deviate from the procedure to install Remix onto a HDD partition that is meant to be stand-alone, not dual boot? I can't be the only person who is trying to do this.
Now you have to make the same installation as Remix os on Virtual machine
Put remix os on bootable usb as usual use official installer when you done restart and boot to remix os
at boot menu press TAP at debug mode
now you modify the command
at the end of the first line make space and insert INSTALL=1 and press F10
now you will create boot partition ext4 GPT/UEFI or MBR and make it bootable
Note
choose sda= internal HDD
sdb=USB
now if you on MBR choose install grub if UEFI skip and install the next grub/UEFI
choose read/write mode
done
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now you modify the command
at the end of the first line make space and insert INSTALL=1 and press F10
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Wow, I can't believe it was actually that simple. Thank you!
imadlatch said:
Now you have to make the same installation as Remix os on Virtual machine
Put remix os on bootable usb as usual use official installer when you done restart and boot to remix os
at boot menu press TAP at debug mode
now you modify the command
at the end of the first line make space and insert INSTALL=1 and press F10
now you will create boot partition ext4 GPT/UEFI or MBR and make it bootable
Note
choose sda= internal HDD
sdb=USB
now if you on MBR choose install grub if UEFI skip and install the next grub/UEFI
choose read/write mode
done
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I use same method and i allways end up with faild to create data.img and i get promt to run android x86 or reboot. I select to run and pc restart and i get
error:unknown filesystem.
Entring rescue mode...
Grub rescue>
For me there is no possible way to run remix os with any method.
Cpu: Pentium 4 HT 630
Mbo: Intel 915gux
Gpu: Integrated on mbo
Ram: 3GB
xperia u20i said:
I use same method and i allways end up with faild to create data.img and i get promt to run android x86 or reboot. I select to run and pc restart and i get
error:unknown filesystem.
Entring rescue mode...
Grub rescue>
For me there is no possible way to run remix os with any method.
Cpu: Pentium 4 HT 630
Mbo: Intel 915gux
Gpu: Integrated on mbo
Ram: 3GB
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this method wont create data.img but data folder
make sure you create bootable ext4 partition EFI or mbr up to your bios
Possible? Definitely.
It IS indeed possible, and I have accomplished it on my secondary laptop (Read HERE for how I did it).
@imadlatch The GRUB/GRUB2 install didn't work in my case. I tried the GRUB first, as I'm on a legacy BIOS, and although it did say "Installation Successful", upon reboot, I was greeted with a very nice "OS Not Found" Message. The same happened for GRUB2. So I just went ahead and got an Ubuntu Live USB, and installed the latest GRUB2-Legacy from there. Edited the grub.cfg and everything worked perfectly. 320GB HDD, all for Remix OS. Persistent data, rooted, everything.
@TwistyTravster Did you remove the "CREATE_DATA_IMG=1" from the command line, or just add the "INSTALL=1"? If you didn't remove the data image part, then you should (according to my tests) only have a 4GB /data partition... Or did it allocate the WHOLE HDD? Just interested in seeing how other people with different setups got Remix OS working...
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@TwistyTravster Did you remove the "CREATE_DATA_IMG=1" from the command line, or just add the "INSTALL=1"? If you didn't remove the data image part, then you should (according to my tests) only have a 4GB /data partition... Or did it allocate the WHOLE HDD? Just interested in seeing how other people with different setups got Remix OS working...
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I just added INSTALL=1 to the end. And yes, I ended up with only 4GB data partition, but I then removed the drive from my netbook, mounted it on my main PC and performed the IMGTools mod to increase data.img file size from 4GB to 256GB of the total 320GB on the harddrive I used. The process took about an hour to complete due to the extremely large size that I was enlarging data.img to. You use the number 274877906944 bytes for the command for 256GB. Considering how well this worked, I bet you could enlarge data.img to literally ANY size... probably larger than you'll ever need. Just imagine a total of 1TB space on Remix OS.... LOL!
The biggest problem I'm having is my old netbook doesn't have the graphics capability for h.264 decoding. So I'm getting a Broadcom Crystal HD decoder for the internal mini PCI-E slot, which should allow better 1080p streaming for movies. I plan to use Moonlight Streaming to stream full quality games from my main Gaming PC to my tiny netbook. It will be pretty hilarious seeing a 10" netbook playing games like Crysis in 1080p (probably downscaled to 720p) at 60fps.
I already have a Mad Catz MOJO in my living room that I stream games and movies to, which has been modded to use Remix 2.0 OS as well.
See here.
TwistyTravster said:
I just added INSTALL=1 to the end. And yes, I ended up with only 4GB data partition, but I then removed the drive from my netbook, mounted it on my main PC and performed the IMGTools mod to increase data.img file size from 4GB to 256GB of the total 320GB on the harddrive I used. The process took about an hour to complete due to the extremely large size that I was enlarging data.img to. You use the number 274877906944 bytes for the command for 256GB. Considering how well this worked, I bet you could enlarge data.img to literally ANY size... probably larger than you'll ever need. Just imagine a total of 1TB space on Remix OS.... LOL!
The biggest problem I'm having is my old netbook doesn't have the graphics capability for h.264 decoding. So I'm getting a Broadcom Crystal HD decoder for the internal mini PCI-E slot, which should allow better 1080p streaming for movies. I plan to use Moonlight Streaming to stream full quality games from my main Gaming PC to my tiny netbook. It will be pretty hilarious seeing a 10" netbook playing games like Crysis in 1080p (probably downscaled to 720p) at 60fps.
I already have a Mad Catz MOJO in my living room that I stream games and movies to, which has been modded to use Remix 2.0 OS as well.
See here.
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Well, if you feel the need to reinstall, then just remove the CREATE_DATA_IMG=1 - it'll use a folder on your HDD called "data" instead. That is, assuming you formatted to ext4 for the R/W /system... I don't know if the same works on Windows...
Now there's something I would LOVE to see! A 10 inch netbook playing games that aren't Minecraft!!!
I'm using my Secondary Laptop (Toshiba Satellite C660) as an Android PC with Remix at the moment, and that thing RUNS! I think the only thing limiting it is the slow internet at my university...
Anyways, please report back on the games, as I might use that myself...
P.S. It took 5 Minutes to install Remix on my Toshiba when I didn't do the data.img, so I would recommend using it that way...
Riccorbypro said:
Well, if you feel the need to reinstall, then just remove the CREATE_DATA_IMG=1 - it'll use a folder on your HDD called "data" instead. That is, assuming you formatted to ext4 for the R/W /system... I don't know if the same works on Windows...
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P.S. It took 5 Minutes to install Remix on my Toshiba when I didn't do the data.img, so I would recommend using it that way...
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So remove CREATE_DATA_IMG=1, and it automatically uses the entire HDD storage instead of only 4GB, as long as it it formatted to EX4? Is that what I'm understanding?
have followed the procedure but i still cannot boot from hdd. my hardware is T61 with 4G RAM, 500G HDD (yes bios not uefi). just a blank screen after bios cannot boot up. any hint?
possible failed to create a bootable ext4 under cgdisk 1.0.0? must use ext4?
Use gparted to create ext4 partition and make USB ready for remix os install then add this to menu.lst
(Unetbootin will do fine)
label ubnentry2
menu label ^Install Remix OS to harddisk
kernel /kernel
append initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 androidboot.selinux=permissive quiet INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
Change value"androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 to remix_x86" if u use 32 bit remix os
Press (ESC) at grub config , select " install remix os to hardisk" follow procedure installation and report back the result here
after you press tab on resident mode, remove everything after "quiet". Then put INSTALL=0 right after quiet and you can install on ext4. if you don't do this, it adds a line in grub that says "USB_USE_DATA=1" which causes the screen to get stuck at the flashing remix screen.
I have a solution with boot error
To install Remix OS directly on HDD without dualboot :
First, to prepare bootloader, install Ubuntu from USB or DVD that format all drive in EXT4.
Once Ubuntu is installed put remix OS usb key which have been prepared and reboot on USB Key.
Install as arts821 says (Thanks arts821)
/kernel initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 androidboot.selinux=permissive quiet INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
Change value"androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 to remix_x86" if u use 32 bit remix os
Press (ESC) at grub config , select " install remix os to hardisk" follow procedure installation and report back the result here
TwistyTravster said:
I understand how to install Remix onto a bootable USB flash drive. I understand how to format a partition on an existing HDD to dual boot between Windows and Remix.
However, I can not seem to figure out how to install Remix onto a separate HDD from the one that the current OS is on, in order to be put into a separate computer. Basically, I have an old Dell Mini 10 and I want to install Remix OS onto the 120GB HDD, but I do not need any other operating system on it. Is this possible?
If so, how can I deviate from the procedure to install Remix onto a HDD partition that is meant to be stand-alone, not dual boot? I can't be the only person who is trying to do this.
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it work also with one hdd but if your windows is not installed with efi before ,and remove your hdd windows before to install os remix like here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLbOek1X-g
you dont need to do your partition like me with windows if u have only one hdd remove your hdd windows create one partition primary( 1 )having like 500 mo with os remix and after your partition primary bootable os remix choose yes also all time like me when you choose to format the partition os remix in ext 4 like that it will not found your partition windows ,because your hdd windows is not plug in .
after you need to disable efi for boot on windows or efi enable for boot on os remix
(but sorry u don't need to remove ur hdd really because you can take grub 2 only for efi and skip the grub only not efi during installation...normally it take all time the one like sda1 for her boot efi
and it work well for me because i've windows 7 now + os remix x64 on my ssd , and i've reinstall os remix taking grub 2 efi only and it have not touched my boot windows not efi working only if you have before create a partition 1 for os remix boot efi keeping the 2 for windows not efi
i've try on the pc of my friend a dual boot os remix x64 not efi with windows 7 it work ...it can be windows 10 the problem or my motherboard i'm not sure i will try
it work on the motherboard of my friend with no efi dual boot windows 7x64 + os remix x64 but not on my pc ...really strange
but i prefer boot os remix efi enabled only because i can touch the grub easily
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Hi everyone,
I have a problem with installation of android x 86 on Acer Aspire V3-731. I have ready installed Windows 8.1 and Linux Mint. I have one disk (sda) with 14gb of free space in partition sda11. So I've downloaded .iso of android x86 i doing the bootable usb with unetbootin. I reboot laptop and I chose a Legacy Bios because in Uefi pendrive doesn't boot. I selected install android x86 to harddisk and i saw an error: GPT[...]Use GNU Parted. So i trying to installed android in other pendrive, I selected pendrive, formate to fat32 and installed android, .iso image and I skipped question of installed grub but system doesn't work after reboot. What do i do? When i select to install grub and android in pendrive, i substitute linux/windows grub? It doesn't work because Linux and Windows working under Uefi?
Android x86 on external USB
Użytkownik said:
Hi everyone,
So i trying to installed android in other pendrive, I selected pendrive, formate to fat32 and installed android, .iso image and I skipped question of installed grub but system doesn't work after reboot. What do i do? When i select to install grub and android in pendrive, i substitute linux/windows grub? It doesn't work because Linux and Windows working under Uefi?
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Have you tried formatting your destination drive with ext3 format? Also, choose yes for grub during install, and choose 'do not format'. Use third party formatting tool, like MiniTool from your Windows to prepare the destination disk.
Good Luck
If I install android in pendrive and also install grub. Do I replace windows/linux grub or bootloader?
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Użytkownik said:
If I install android in pendrive and also install grub. Do I replace windows/linux grub or bootloader?
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As long as Android x-86 is concerned, I have been formatting and installing it for the last 2 weeks in a row. With a quest to sort just one mission out and it seems impossible to achieve....
You have created a tricky question to answer. You have a Windows computer, and have a Linux Mint (that's dual boot). And atm you are in quest of Android
Well with my recent experience, installing Android on 149GB external disk, using USB key drive as installer, I have had no issues with the system boot. It does not interfere.
However, a little while ago I did the same thing trying to install Ubuntu on internal disk, and it seems that it has created an entry in the Boot Options in BIOS. I don't know how to get rid of that, and it does not bother me anyways.
Secure or fast boot should take you straight to Windows when you don't want USB boot. To be on a safe side, prepare a Windows USB recovery disk, create Restore points, do back ups and cross your fingers.... just remember it is a risk you choose to take, and disasters do happen Just don't curse me please ...
I wan't to install android in pebdrive.
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4.4r2 stable release android x86 kitkat
As the title said, my laptop was very old and running Windows very slow. So I want to use RemixOS to replace my Windows.
Is thaa possible?
ryo2456 said:
As the title said, my laptop was very old and running Windows very slow. So I want to use RemixOS to replace my Windows.
Is thaa possible?
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hi it is posible and i bet there is a easy way im to stupid to find so here is what i did take a old empty hdd and the biggest usb stick u have (not bigger than the hdd) download the remix os install it on the usb stick like normaly then kill the partition on the hard disk using minitool partition wizard (freeware) [aply changes] then tell it to clone the partitions of the usb stick to the hdd u want to use and select no rezising of partitions aply again , shutdown , plug hdd into laptop and done schould install like normal on usb youst from internal [later u can partition the remaining space on the hdd into nice 32gb pices so the os can read them and have unlimited space i bet there is a easyer way but that worked for me whit the 64 bit version and a crappy intel atom office system whitout uefi boot if someone has a more simple way please let me know ^^ also is there a way to turn of guest mode querry so it automaticly boots into residental mode ?
DataFlo said:
hi it is posible and i bet there is a easy way im to stupid to find so here is what i did take a old empty hdd and the biggest usb stick u have (not bigger than the hdd) download the remix os install it on the usb stick like normaly then kill the partition on the hard disk using minitool partition wizard (freeware) [aply changes] then tell it to clone the partitions of the usb stick to the hdd u want to use and select no rezising of partitions aply again , shutdown , plug hdd into laptop and done schould install like normal on usb youst from internal [later u can partition the remaining space on the hdd into nice 32gb pices so the os can read them and have unlimited space i bet there is a easyer way but that worked for me whit the 64 bit version and a crappy intel atom office system whitout uefi boot if someone has a more simple way please let me know ^^ also is there a way to turn of guest mode querry so it automaticly boots into residental mode ?
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I mean:
1. Install on USB
2. Format the partition on HDD
3. Clone the USB to HDD
right?
I success to replace my Windows with RemixOS.
But how can I use the full partition of my HDD?
Installation of Remix OS on hard disk using all storage
Have a look at "How to install Remix OS to hard disk".
easy,it is like install it on VMware.
just create a boot able USB
boot from it.
then on boot press tab and enter quiet INSTALL=1 DEBUG=
if I remember correctly.
this will start the stand alone hdd formating tool and installation wizard.
this is very easy and you find tons of videos about it on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVGmcBAasoo
I dont know what i am doing wrong. I have followed every step carefully still when i select usb option in boot menu it says " missing operating system_". nobody have this issue. my pendrive is sandisk ultra 32GB usb 3.0. please someone help if some have faced such issue.
format to ext4 and use unetbootin to install
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wizmart said:
format to ext4 and use unetbootin to install
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only guest mode works...boot loop on resident mode
Hi all, using a Samsung ativ pc pro xe700t1c-a04uk
dual boot: Windows 10 pro / android remix os 3.0
screen 11.6 full hd 1080p
cpu intel core i5-3317u quad core
ram 4gb
gpu intel hd 4000 (128mb dedicated)
hdd 256gb msata ssd
I run remix os 3.0 from a 64GB 544/MBs msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure.
Very fast system. Everything working including apps and games and all hardware (touchpen/touchscreen/gyro/accele/light/nfc/otg/gamepad/cam/mic/sound/gfx/etc).
Problem: Its not a major problem but the screen dimming or brightness control dosent work and thats the only problem.
The samsung ative pc pro xe700t1c is by far the most superior convertible laptop/tablet in the world!
Request to developers:
Can you please implement the sim function for internet and calling. Also can you please implement a gamepad configuration menu just like the keyboard config menu?
Thank you very much for all the good stuff remix team.
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hi all i thought this turorial might help you guys....
This is a working usb install media creator method for os remix installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first drive basic fat 32 install you will need rufus 2.9 usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive to your liking ext 4 for example on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus 2.9 and the remix os iso
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions)(DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update addresses the boot media creation errors. After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 119,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
alz_uk said:
at all.
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Now i am not able to boot into windows 10...in windows boot menu only remix os is available. Any way to get my windows 10 back
firdous95 said:
Now i am not able to boot into windows 10...in windows boot menu only remix os is available. Any way to get my windows 10 back
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pull the usb out and reboot or reboot and select hard with windows on as boot drive.
alz_uk said:
pull the usb out and reboot or reboot and select hard with windows on as boot drive.
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i select the HDD but then windows boot manager opens...and ther is no windows 10 option only remix os
firdous95 said:
i select the HDD but then windows boot manager opens...and ther is no windows 10 option only remix os
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I think you did wrong this step:
"13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***"
if that was your mistake its not bad,there are few ways to get back your windows bootloader. not sure but if you repeat the steps 7-16 maybe at step 13 you'll get windows in grub bootlist...not sure about this, but you can try...nothing to lose.
Domnea said:
I think you did wrong this step:
"13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***"
if that was your mistake its not bad,there are few ways to get back your windows bootloader. not sure but if you repeat the steps 7-16 maybe at step 13 you'll get windows in grub bootlist...not sure about this, but you can try...nothing to lose.
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it didn't happed while following this tutorial....
i was trying to setup a dual boot using easyBCD. I ended up with one option in windows boot manager that is remix os. Remix os is also not booting. help me getting that windows 10 option back...
take at the attachment :crying:
This is a working usb install media creator method for remix os installation and legacy bios + MBR format and not GPT and circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first installer drive it will be basic fat 32 install. you will need rufus usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive with the size of your choice to ext 4 on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus usb boot media creator and the remix os iso version 2.0402
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix for version 2.0402 which updates to version 2.0403)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions unless you have version 2.0403 iso)( this update DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS version 2.0403 or 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself using full drive internal storage space.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
**** Newbie Errors to avoid******
1. make sure you format the drive correctly, sometimes errors at this stage will create errors later on and affect later installation and will create boot up failures
2. i have to stress this once again as once i formatted the same drive with the same settings in minitool partition manager but in different order for example: instead of formatting it ext 4 then applying changes then setting it to primary then applying changes then setting the partition to active flag and applying changes, i did format ext 4 and change partition to primary all at once then applied changes then set it to active flag and applied changes and later after remix os install the usb wouldnt boot saying "missing operating system error" so caution.
3. after you format the drive with ext 4 partition the usb drive will be unrecognizable in windows. (do not use windows unplug usb drive feature to remove the drive, just pull it out)
4. make sure you pull the first installer drive out before booting the newly created ext 4 usb as it may affect boot up
5. sometimes for power saving reasons the screen might go blank while installing as installing takes time dont panic just press power button or any key to revive the system
6. if you dont get a usb drive faster than 10 mb/s then you will have problems if you continue with the installation and alot of system lag
7. its happened to me many times before so listen carefully: if you dont format the drive correctly even the drives transfer write speed can be greatly affected for example i formatted the usb drive and made a mistake but it was not detectable as it said all was fine i think i formatted the usb drive fat32 without first deleating the existing partition (just converted it) then with remix os installation at the stage where you boot up the installed drive for the first time to do a drive write speed test it was telling me the drives speed was below 5 mb/s ( the drive was a lexar p23 usb 3.0 16gb 150 mb/s read 60 mb/s write) and warned me about install failure then i formatted the drive again this time deleting the patition first then applying changes and doing the rest of the steps one by one each time applying changes after only changing one setting then at the remix os installation speed test this time it was reporting 60 mb/s write speeds!
8. remix os works like a charm on intel cpus and intel integrated gpus and i dont have other makes to test so this tutorial is only for legacy bios and intel cpu and gpu (tested all working)
9. This is something so basic but having a data indicator led on your usb drive or usb hub will save you waiting hours! most waiting is due to not knowing whats happening or not knowing if there is an error or not so try and get a usb drive with an led that tells you if the system is currently writing/working to disk and when that led stops blinking for a long period e.g 2 mins then you will know the install has crashed or android is not loading. Also with slower drives the waiting period is longer as the system takes longer to write to the drive (a 544MB/s msata SSD FLASH drive takes 5 secs to install while a usb 3.0, 60 MB/s write drive will take 15 mins) but if you have a data status led which shows its still blinking then atleast you will know the installation/loading is still working and no need to abort it. Also Android os constantly writes to the drive when running so you will see the data status led constantly blink too and if that ever stops you know you have encountered a system crash. Also the led shows how well remix os is running as regards speed of the operating system, for example at the start of loading remix os or when doing a task the led stays constanly blinking RAPIDLY but after loading or finishing the task the led defaults to a blink per second (this is classed as normal operation and healthy) but when the led is constantly blinking RAPIDLY without pauses or stays on for a long time then it means the operating system is not running smoothly as it should and then you should check if theres a problem formatting or if its a fake drive etc.
10. Using slow usb drives or fake usb drives will get very HOT and will cause the error "not responding...wait or close" error while very fast drives will always stay COOL without system lag and errors.
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update 2.0403 addresses the boot media creation errors of remix os 2.0402 . After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 123,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New...549634?hash=item33bcb8a542:g:UFYAAOSwQItUFG7S ( 128GB Msata SSD 544 MB/s read write )
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231736235624?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( USB 3.0 Msata enclosure )
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This is a working usb install media creator method for remix os installation and legacy bios circumventing all known errors made for noobs including USING full drive internal storage space etc.
You will be able to use this usb stick for future creation of other usb install media
you will have the choice to also install to hard drive
you will need 2 x usb drives and require drive write speed to be higher than 10 mb/s
the first drive will be the installer drive and the second will be the actual usb drive used to run remix os.
For first installer drive it will be basic fat 32 install. you will need rufus usb boot media creator
after creation of the installer drive keep it safe i reccommend you use a 4gb drive $4/£2 off ebay but get something thats got a write speed higher than 10 mb/s or else install will fail!
Format the second drive with the size of your choice to ext 4 on your pc with minitool partition or acronis disk manager (make sure the drive is formatted as primary and set to active flag)
1. Create fat 32 usb boot disk with first usb drive and rufus usb boot media creator and the remix os iso
2.make sure after creation you boot up the usb drive and enter remix os then shutdown and boot up again to write the config files
3.make sure you dont boot up the ufi version of the boot up, only use the legacy version (it will have ufi next to boot drive in bios usb boot up list)
4.after you enter remix os go to settings and download the update (ota) (this is the main fix for version 2.0402 which updates to version 2.0203)(if this update fails you cannot proceed further with instructions unless you have version 2.0403 iso)(DOSENT APPLY TO REMIX OS version 2.0204 or 3.0+ INSTALLATION)
5. After ota update reboot and enter remix os again and let android upgrade
6.after this stage is complete your fat32 remix os usb bootable drive is ready to create a usb drive that runs remix os from the drive itself using full drive internal storage space.
7.insert the second drive in a usb hub and boot up the computer with both drives in the computer and boot from the first drive (the usb remix os installer drive)
8.boot up and at the grub boot menu (it should look blue with yellow writing not the black ufi version) press tab and type: INSTALL=1
9. then press enter then you will enter usb media creation menu select scan usb drives and select the second drive (the remix os running drive)
10. It will ask you what you want to format the drive as so select do not format option (becus you already formatted it)
11.then it will ask you to install first grub boot menu say yes
12. Then it will ask you to install second boot grub efi menu say yes
13. Next it will ask you if you want to format the boot partition or something like that say *** no ***
14. Then it will ask you if you want read/write privelage say yes
15. It will proceed to write the remix os onto the drive
16. When finished it will ask to restart (at this point i just switch the pc off by holding power button then restart and boot off the new second drive to run the os from it already upgraded too)
**** Newbie Errors to avoid******
1. make sure you format the drive correctly, sometimes errors at this stage will create errors later on and affect later installation and will create boot up failures
2. i have to stress this once again as once i formatted the same drive with the same settings in minitool partition manager but in different order for example: instead of formatting it ext 4 then applying changes then setting it to primary then applying changes then setting the partition to active flag and applying changes, i did format ext 4 and change partition to primary all at once then applied changes then set it to active flag and applied changes and later after remix os install the usb wouldnt boot saying "missing operating system error" so caution.
3. after you format the drive with ext 4 partition the usb drive will be unrecognizable in windows. (do not use windows unplug usb drive feature to remove the drive, just pull it out)
4. make sure you pull the first installer drive out before booting the newly created ext 4 usb as it may affect boot up
5. sometimes for power saving reasons the screen might go blank while installing as installing takes time dont panic just press power button or any key to revive the system
6. if you dont get a usb drive faster than 10 mb/s then you will have problems if you continue with the installation and alot of system lag
7. its happened to me many times before so listen carefully: if you dont format the drive correctly even the drives transfer write speed can be greatly affected for example i formatted the usb drive and made a mistake but it was not detectable as it said all was fine i think i formatted the usb drive ext 4 without first deleating the existing partition (just converted it) then with remix os installation at the stage where you boot up the installed drive for the first time to do a drive write speed test it was telling me the drives speed was below 5 mb/s ( the drive was a lexar p23 usb 3.0 16gb 150 mb/s read 60 mb/s write) and warned me about install failure then i formatted the drive again this time deleting the patition first then applying changes and doing the rest of the steps one by one each time applying changes after only changing one setting then at the remix os installation speed test this time it was reporting 60 mb/s write speeds!
8. remix os works like a charm on intel cpus and intel integrated gpus and i dont have other makes to test so this tutorial is only for legacy bios and intel cpu and gpu (tested all working)
9. This is something so basic but having a data indicator led on your usb drive or usb hub will save you waiting hours! most waiting is due to not knowing whats happening or not knowing if there is an error or not so try and get a usb drive with an led that tells you if the system is currently writing/working to disk and when that led stops blinking for a long period e.g 2 mins then you will know the install has crashed or android is not loading. Also with slower drives the waiting period is longer as the system takes longer to write to the drive (a 544MB/s msata SSD FLASH drive takes 5 secs to install while a usb 3.0, 60 MB/s write drive will take 15 mins) but if you have a data status led which shows its still blinking then atleast you will know the installation/loading is still working and no need to abort it. Also Android os constantly writes to the drive when running so you will see the data status led constantly blink too and if that ever stops you know you have encountered a system crash. Also if the the led shows how well remix os is running as regards speed of the operating system, for example at the start of loading remix os or when doing a task the led stays constanly blinking RAPIDLY but after loading or finishing the task the led defaults to a blink per second (this is classed as normal operation and healthy) but when the led is constantly blinking RAPIDLY without pauses or stays on for a long time then it means the operating system is not running smoothly as it should and then you should check if theres a problem formatting or if its a fake drive etc.
10. Using slow usb drives or fake usb drives will get very HOT and will cause the error "not responding...wait or close" error while very fast drives will always stay COOL without system lag and errors.
note: If wanting ntfs version of remix os then its a little complicated than this and you will need to use imgtools to increase the data.img file on the ntfs drive after creation with the first usb media creator drive.
The remix os ota update 2.0403 addresses the boot media creation errors of remix os 2.0203 . After the ota update all drives created with the grub menu installer boot up as they should but only ufi boot up option hangs!
Hope this helps hit the thanks dont forget so i know how many people were helped by this! enjoy.
I have the ativ pc pro xe700t1c the uk version with intel core i5 quad core and its also a convertible tablet with msata ssd as hdd drive and as you all probbaly know android was created for fast flash memory and linux format os so the best combination is an ssd and ext4 linux file format. I have a 64gb 544 mb/s msata drive in a usb 3.0 enclosure which i use to boot remix os and run it off it. Its perfectly smooth and fast enough 5 secs to boot and the ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet is fully compatible hadware software wise, no problems at all. The 5 year old Ativ pc pro gets 120,000+ score in antutu benchmark same as the latest LG G5 with the latest adreno 530 gpu/snapdragon 820 cpu which costs approx £600 now in retail!!! I bought the Ativ pc pro convertible laptop/tablet for only £200 two weeks ago with accessories (ethernet dock etc) worth alone £100 on its own off ebay!!! On top of all that its also a windows 10 pro convertible laptop/tablet system which on its own without android was initially worth £1200 five years ago and still costing approx £500 even now in retail. So what im trying to say here is that for only £200 i get a £600 android 6.0 laptop/tablet and i also get a £500 windows 10 pro laptop tablet ALL IN ONE. Muahahahahahaha haaaaa hahahaha kekekeke.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New...549634?hash=item33bcb8a542:g:UFYAAOSwQItUFG7S ( 128GB Msata SSD 544 MB/s read write )
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231736235624?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT ( USB 3.0 Msata enclosure )
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Hey, thanks for the instructions. I managed to use this method to install Remix OS 3.0.102 onto the seconds USB drive on my Macbook Pro. Once the installation process finished I hit Run Android_x86 instead of reboot and it started just fine. The problem is that after I removed the first USB drive with the Remix OS installer and I rebooted the second drive doesn't show up as a boot option. So now I can't get back into it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Daniel
phantasma2983 said:
Hey, thanks for the instructions. I managed to use this method to install Remix OS 3.0.102 onto the seconds USB drive on my Macbook Pro. Once the installation process finished I hit Run Android_x86 instead of reboot and it started just fine. The problem is that after I removed the first USB drive with the Remix OS installer and I rebooted the second drive doesn't show up as a boot option. So now I can't get back into it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Daniel
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you did the last proccess wrong! you need to follow step 16 properly! It tells you not to run android x86 option or restart option, infact it tells you to switch your pc off then remove the first installer drive then start the pc with the second drive and boot from it. If you run android x86 option at the end it will run but make next boot broken. Please follow instructions carefully.
if you didnt backup your files then you can still boot from it but the boot might not stick unless you reinstall remix os onto the drive again.
do steps 7 to 13 again to the second drive and when you get to step 14 "do you want to write privelage" part just switch the pc off and boot from the second drive again and this time boot should be fixed but might not boot again after that like i said before.
I tried multiple variations and I end up with 2 outcomes (always shut the computer down once the last options was on screen):
1) If I don't tell it to format on step 13 (like in the instructions) I end up not seeing the USB drive as a boot option after restart.
2) If I tell it to format on step 13 I see the USB and I can select it but then I get the Minimal Bash Grub instead of it booting
P.S. I'm doing this with the latest version of Remix OS 3.0.102 on a 2015 Macbook Pro. Have you tested the instructions on a Mac or only a Windows PC?
phantasma2983 said:
I tried multiple variations and I end up with 2 outcomes (always shut the computer down once the last options was on screen):
1) If I don't tell it to format on step 13 (like in the instructions) I end up not seeing the USB drive as a boot option after restart.
2) If I tell it to format on step 13 I see the USB and I can select it but then I get the Minimal Bash Grub instead of it booting
P.S. I'm doing this with the latest version of Remix OS 3.0.102 on a 2015 Macbook Pro. Have you tested the instructions on a Mac or only a Windows PC?
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All i can say my freind is there are too many numerous variables that can go wrong. all the way from having the correct bios setup and correct boot mode eg legacy or eufi to formatting the drive correctly and using the already complicated and buggered up installer. you just have to trial and error like i did and after a few days i got it all sussed for my pcs (not macs though sorry, not a mac person never was and never will be lol).
the method i have written works 100% for legacy bios and mbr hard disk (not gpt), windows, fast flash drive and for all versions of remix os upto date so far. ive tried it on different flash drives too.
This has to be mentioned , there is alot that jide is doing to prevent users from doing things like what we are doing here now so they are always changing things to make it harder for people to have it their own way! jides way is making money from the masses while our way is a free os! clearly jide will carry on trying to prevent people like us from doing what we want to do such as using full drive internal storage space etc etc. so watch out folks!
Thanks for the answer. I'll just keep trying until I get it to work. There must be way, even if it means learning how to configure grub manually from scratch. It worked just fine on first install until reboot so it has to work somehow.
It would've been nice if Jide provided more info or support on the issue since this is suppose to be a final product. The purpose of free products is to attract attention to other paid products and to their company. That, they have achieved but if said free product is a hacky nightmare full of bugs and lacking documentation it only puts them in a negative light. Then again, in my case this might also be Apple's fault with their closed platform approach and lack of support for certain file systems and standards.
Anyway, have a good night and all the best.
If I manage to get it working I'll be sure to post it here.
i use Unetbootin to install android-x86 or remixos to hdd or usb, easy
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wizmart said:
i use Unetbootin to install android-x86 or remixos to hdd or usb, easy
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To my understanding the only way to have Remix OS use the entire space of the USB drive is to have it formatted as ext4. Unetbootin cannot use an ext4 formatted drive so yes, I can have it work in multiple ways either using unetbootin or just dd-ing the image to the drive but in both cases I end up with a 4gb storage space in Remix OS. That is why this method seemed like the best one.
hmm..
Yumi also supports android x86 (easyway to make usb stick) and change grub menu
The android installer from XDA hacked version.. seems to create 3 partitions on the USB stick (fat32/ext4/ext4)
-for those how just wish to use a big usbstick.. to run RemixOS (note removing the partitions can not be done with diskmanager from windowz)
any note.. i have on this tuturial... missing: is what if you have nvidia card
then it needs : i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=1 INSTALL=1
Cheers..
phantasma2983 said:
To my understanding the only way to have Remix OS use the entire space of the USB drive is to have it formatted as ext4. Unetbootin cannot use an ext4 formatted drive so yes, I can have it work in multiple ways either using unetbootin or just dd-ing the image to the drive but in both cases I end up with a 4gb storage space in Remix OS. That is why this method seemed like the best one.
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try and use this windows app to create usb boot disk, it supports uefi bios and legacy bios + 64 bit/32 bit iso and img files. And your right only ext 4 allows full drive internal storage space without modification of any sort out of the box. With NTFS you need to use imgtools to increase the internal storage space.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/winapp-android-x86-installer-uefi-t3222483
unetbootin can use an ext4 if you use it from linux(ubuntu), from windows you install first to hd on reboot inside unetbootin menu you add INSTALL=1 on your entry then choose usb ext4 on drive choice thats how i do
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Worked great!
Followed your instructions and loaded Remix OS " Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016091202" version: 3.0.205 onto a Sandisk 128GB USB drive with no problems and full access to entire drive. Using the Remix OS installer only gave 64 GB of Data.
Thank you so much for the guide!
Is there any guide or tutorial on how to setup a dual boot when Remix OS for PC is already installed on primary partition and wanting to install a second OS (Windows) on remaining empty disk space (NTFS)?
You might find some hints here https://goo.gl/N9S9zE
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Should maybe add that the only diifference is that you will have to prepare the partitions using live media. Windows and Linux installers do the job, or GParted on a Linux USB-stick
The only difference with what?
You will want to shrink the partition to be able to create and format a ntfs partition on the disk space not needed by RemixOS. Don't think you can do that from inside RemixOS. If you already have empty space outside the RemixOS partition, you can just install to it - so then I don't understand you question.
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You will want to shrink the partition to be able to create and format a ntfs partition on the disk space not needed by RemixOS. Don't think you can do that from inside RemixOS. If you already have empty space outside the RemixOS partition, you can just install to it - so then I don't understand you question.
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Yes, that's correct: I already shrunk this space and NTFS formatted it.
If I install a whatever other OS there on this partition - let's say WIN7 - how will I be able to select from where my computer will boot up when tuning it on?
If my primary partition has Remix and the secondary Win7 - at some point I will need to make a choice with which one I want to boot up my computer, right? My question is: how do I manage this dual boot choice?
Because my main boot on primary partition is currently Remix (and not Win).
OK, now understand that the question was about bootloaders. Assume you are using Legacy MBR rather than UEFI GPT. Windows prefers to be in the first partition on MBR - which you can achieve by moving the RemixOS partition with some cloning app like Clonezilla, or by using GParted in Linux. But it is possible to have Windows in the second position: I would use the Ranish Partition Manager, which allows you to change the position of the boot flag right after the Bios https://goo.gl/1bLYEE
Yep, that's it!
Many thanks for your ideas and the excellent resource site I discovered at the same time.
It happens I installed Remix OS on a laptop's FULL 500MB HD... and now I somehow regret the move.
Simply because this is too much wasted space for Android and there is a lot of empty space that I can use for something else.
Before installing I only changed in the BIOS the UEFI to legacy, and this, as far as I understand, should be MBR probably.
So, at this point, everything works fine. I could leave it as is.
But as I love running into complications and learn from them, I try to find something to do with some 300 MB disk space Android will never need for what I'm doing with it.
So, I much like your idea of changing the position of the boot flag but first I'll need to have a closer look at your video and better understand the process.
And also want to be sure my disk is MBR, if I find a way to securely verify that.
What steps would you suggest taking at this point?
And what option would you rather suggest - moving Remix OS or using Ranish?
Sounds like MBR if you do not have an EFI partition. I would go for Ranish, but I think you should consider wiping the drive, installing Windows 7 (suggest downloading the free ISO which includes SP1 from Microsoft) and reinstall RemixOS. Moving the drive is a quite tedious task. Then you can decide which bootmenu to use. I never learnt how to put RemixOS onto the Windows bootmenu (as I think Linux Grub2 is so much easier), but I am sure somebody can tell you howto. Or use the RemixOS bootmenu - by the way, which one are you using now Grub, Grub2 or something else? Or use Ranish!?
After double checking, it appears my partition is still UEFI...
Seems I was wrong with that.
Many thanks for your help and I think I'll follow your advice and start over again...
PS: I currently use GRUB2
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You might find some hints here https://goo.gl/N9S9zE
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Very helpful page, thanks for this!
Is there a way to convert a disk from GPT to MBR without losing data?
NO. But are you sure that your disk is GPT? Windows diskmgmt.msc or in Linux GParted.
Yes, 100% sure.
Maybe you should leave it as GPT. Main advantage for you would be quicker boot times and probably not having to reinstall RemixOS. How many partitions do you have? Which one is RemixOS and which is EFI? Do you see the grub2 menu (or is delay 0 sek)?
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A single partition for Remix, the primary one.
Grub2 has a delay set to 0 but I can see it when I press F8.
So you have a GPT disk but have made a Legacy install, not a UEFI install. If you now make UEFI installation of Windows 7 you will probably not see your grub2 menu (even if changing the time) so you would loose booting into RemixOS. What you can do then is to reinstall RemixOS as a uEFI install on top of your present without formatting if possible. Just the same before reinstalling copy over the big data.img file to the Win-7 partition, and if you had to format, you can copy it back. data.img holds all your app installations etc.
I'm not sure I well understand. My disk is GPT and my PC's BIOS is set to support Legacy disks.
Remix was initially installed on a ext4 partition on the whole HDD.
Where is that data.img file?
In any case, my idea is not Win7 but, for particular reasons, I want to install WinXP at main partition and Remix on dual boot.
What would you recommend without, if possible, having to re-install all Android settings, data and apps?
The data.img file resides in the root folder RemixOS of the Remix partition. You can not see it from inside a booted RemixOS, but you can see it if your mount the partition from outside, easiest from Linux (could be from Live Media), but also from an active Windows partition (if you install a third party driver such as Ext2Fsd.exe).
I am not sure if you can install Windows XP on a GPT disk at all, not even in Legacy mode. You can always try, and if you do succeed you will be able to install Ext2Fsd, and copy data.img to your XP partition as backup.
In Legacy mode Win-XP would overwrite the drive's mbr which means that you could boot Windows-XP but not RemixOS. So how to add RemixOS to your Windows boot menu? I was thinking that if you install EasyBCD you would be able to add RemixOS as a Linux partition - but I am not sure if that will work. Probably this choice will be greyed out when EasyBCD notices that you haved a GPT disk. I never learnt how one are supposed to add to the Windows boot menu, using "Bcdedit" - maybe someone else can teach you.
So with Win-XP my advice is to redo from scratch and install Win-XP on the first partition of the MBR drive and RemixOS on the second.
Many thanks for your patience and sorry if I'm taking too much of your time but I find your comments very constructive and might also be helpful for other members here..
I now realize that my previous message was not very clear, and probably also not complete:
I was meaning that I wanted to start over again, by formatting my disk in MBR (2 partitions) and by keeping all my existing Remix settings and apps as they are.
For the first point, I think it's quite straight forward: I just format my disk and create 2 new partitions.
Knowing that I'll install WinXP on the first one and Remix on the second, what formats would you recommend for those partitions?
Then, for restoring my existing settings and apps, I understand that I'll need to copy and later restore at same location the file data.img - possible using a live boot USB such as Ultimate Boot CD (I prefer Windows tools)? I tried with Ubuntu Live USB but was unable to gain access to root...
I found some Android apps that are doing backup/restore of settings and apps data but your idea with data.img sounds better.
Will this single file do somehow the same job and contain all Android-Remix settings and app data+settings?
Now, the missing part of the instructions is what will happen next, after WinXP is installed at the primary partition?
How to install Remix on the secondary one and how to dual boot when turning the PC on?
I would really appreciate if you may follow-up with this. Many thanks!
I recommend NTFS for XP and ext4 for Remix.
Let me explain about data.img v. data folder. Remix is a kind of Linux system and the data and system folders will not function on NTFS or FAT32. Therefore there is the alternative data.img, one big bundle file with all the content of the data folder inside, this to be used when installing with a Windows system using the installer exe file. To get the data folder instead of the data.img you have to 1.) create a USB stick from the ISO file - I use Rufus.exe in windows 2.) edit the kernel command line (hit TAB) and add "INSTALL=1" and 3.) install to an ext4 partition. I usually prepare and format to ext4 beforehand, so I answer No to format, but you should format here. https://youtu.be/e-4lgdjT-4Q (the root folder used to be called RemixOS-date, but is now only RemixOS).
I have assumed that you have been using the official windows installer and thus have the big data.img file. And you have to rescue it before you format the disk, by copying the file, or cloning the partition (making a partition image) - probably in either case to a USB drive - to later reuse after partitioning of the drive. I would be interested to hear if you actually can install Windows XP on your present second partition, because if you can do that, it would be the easiest way to rescue the data.img file. And if you fail to install XP no harm is done.
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Now, the missing part of the instructions is what will happen next, after WinXP is installed at the primary partition?
How to install Remix on the secondary one and how to dual boot when turning the PC on?
I suggest you do Remix first. Either restore the partition image and proceed with the XP installation. Or install RemixOS, do not add "INSTALL=1" but format to ext4, Yes to grub (and grub2 if asked) and yes to system directory as read/write, and when asked to Run Android or Reboot, choose reboot. Rebooting will probably not work, but don't worry, just proceed with the XP installation.
In XP copy install Ext2Fsd and EasyBCD. Start Ext2fsd and give the second partition and drive letter, say D:. You will now be able to mount D: and copy over the data.img file (replace if you managed to boot) to the RemixOS folder (don't need to this in the cloning case). Run EasyBCD and third down Add New Entry, then second tab for Linux, add a name RemixOS and choose the drive and tap add entry. Go back to second down Edit Boot Menu and change Count down to something like 6 seconds and save. Now try rebooting, you should get a boot menu, chose RemixOS. And if it is not working, contact me so that we can edit out the Remix boot menu file.
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Thanks for this.
OK for "NTFS for XP and ext4 for Remix" but I'm bit confused for the remaining...
I initially installed Remix by following this guide.
So yes, it's the official Win installer.
Now, for the remaining I still don't get it on how to backup this data.img file or folder... and also what the next steps you suggest are.
I don't well understand what you mean by working from within XP.
First I don't have XP installed yet because I really don't know how to install it on second partition and second if I ever was able to do this without touching my current Remix installation why should I backup/restore the data.img file? I mean that makes sense only if I have to start over again.
So, I'm really sorry but I'm lost at this point.
For the time being, I only have a Remix installation that works.
What should I do next precisely?