Loving RemixOS But not loving how painful it is on my pc to launch it
Initially I installed remixos on my Lenovo Miix 700 using the installer from jide.com. It worked fine, and when connected to a keyboard I can choose it in the grub menu and launch it ok. Everything happy and I can use my laptop as a tablet with android
Windows is installed in UEFI mode (laptop can boot legacy or UEFI), so it is not added to windows boot menu, only as a grub menu. EasyBCD does not work (as it is UEFI).
The problem is, the hardware keys (vol up / vol down are the only ones I have) do not work in grub, so without a keyboard attached I cannot boot into remixos.
Next I went and followed a guide on hitricks.com called guide-how-to-dual-boot-remix-os-with-windows-uefi-legacy which installs remix to a partition. This works as in it now shows up in my bios-level boot menu (which I can access by holding down vol up during boot, not ideal but not world ending), but has left a lot of mess. I have a grub menu for starting windows (normal boot), and a separate grub menu when booting the remix partition. I want to delete / uninstall the grub menu installed by the jide installer (the one on normal boot), so it just goes into windows boot. If there is no way to add remix to windows boot manager, I would then just keep the grub menu for remixos when booting from bios menu (already I have this but set to timeout 0 so I don't actually see it).
My EFI partition looks like following:
\boot\grub\grub.cfg this is the grub menu shown at startup. Deleting this I get grub terminal only.
\EFI\Microsoft\... microsoft windows 10
\EFI\Android\grubx64.efi, grub.cfg This is the grub menu for remixos. I have changed this to have a timeout of zero as can only get here by bios boot menu anyway
\EFI\RemixOS\bootx64.efi, grubx64.efi, exfat64.mod, ntfs64.mod, grub.cfg This I think was created by the installer previously. It only has an entry for Windows
I have already tried the windows 10 recovery mode -> bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot, but they did not change it.
In an ideal world, I would just have the windows boot menu (as it has touch screen), and nothing else. I have considered using neosmart's easy recovery essentials (as apparently it can also un-UEFI mode windows), but I don't want to buy it if it will not work.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated please!
smurftheweb said:
If there is no way to add remix to windows boot manager, I would then just keep the grub menu for remixos when booting from bios menu (already I have this but set to timeout 0 so I don't actually see it).
I have already tried the windows 10 recovery mode -> bootrec /fixmbr and bootrec /fixboot, but they did not change it.
In an ideal world, I would just have the windows boot menu (as it has touch screen), and nothing else. I have considered using neosmart's easy recovery essentials (as apparently it can also un-UEFI mode windows), but I don't want to buy it if it will not work.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated please!
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Sorry, I could not get my head around everything you were saying. But I noticed you mentioned "Windows 10 Recovery Mode" as not helping. So I wanted to chime in, in that regard.
I also have a Lenovo Miix 700. Last night, I was desperately trying to find a way for Remix OS to use the Windows Boot Manager. None of my experiments worked. Then even after uninstalling Remix OS from uninstaller: the Grub bootloader remained on startup. Additionally, I tried deleting items manually from the boot partition, which screwed up my boot.
The solution that worked for me was entering recovery mode (Power+Volume Up on Miix device). Then enter the command prompt. The command that rebuilt my boot and got rid of Remix OS entries was: bootrec /rebuildbcd
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I usually use my Dell Venue 11 Pro without a keyboard attached but now I can't choose remix os at boot. Is it possible to choose the second option of a dual boot without a keyboard?
I have a similar issue with a dell latitude 7350; I just bought it without a keyboard and it has no usb ports so I can't plug one in.
I've installed remix os but the touch screen doesn't work at the boot loader so I can't get into remix os; anyone have any ideas how I can boot into remix os?
Edit: Is there a file I modify with notepad to have it boot into remix os?
i have the same issue. did anyone found a solution?
did you test this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/RemixOS/comments/48t7m1/installed_on_dell_venue_11_pro_7130/d0n7z4m/
the solution is only with android 5 image, maybe someone has android 6 image for this?
You need to change the boot order with EasyBCD from windows. Make Remix OS the default
saulin78 said:
You need to change the boot order with EasyBCD from windows. Make Remix OS the default
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and how can i change the boot order in remixOS? or do i have to stay there forever? is there a easyBCD for android?
Oh Remix OS is your default boot option? Normally is the other way around.
You just said I should make it default with easy bcd. Then remixOS is default. How to change it back from remix os?
You need to edit c:\boot\bcd.bcd
But I'm not sure if there is a BCD editor for Android, and You can't boot to any USB?
Otherwise You need to boot from USB to a Windows Live environment and run EasyBCD there.
I ran into this as well with my NuVision Tablet. Upon boot it will not use the power button to select the os even though I can use the volume buttons to go up and down on the list.
What I don't get, is I was able to install RemixOS on my Acer W500 and it edits the Windows Boot Manager that functions the same way, but works correctly with the Windows 8-10 style touchscreen menu, the same style of menu if you go into Windows 8-10 and go through Settings to get to Startup Options.
The only thing I can think of that is different is it is not a UEFI windows install, however it is a UEFI capable bios?
On my Dell Venue 11 Pro I added an UEFI boot entry for Remix OS (took a little fiddling). Now I can enter the UEFI boot menu on startup and select the boot entry using the volume keys.
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On my Dell Venue 11 Pro I added an UEFI boot entry for Remix OS (took a little fiddling). Now I can enter the UEFI boot menu on startup and select the boot entry using the volume keys.
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yeah, this is the solution :good:! how did you do that?
Hi,
Anyone can help me to make the Remix OS as default boot option? I successfully installed Remix OS on my Acer V5-573G via dual boot. I shrank my current hard drive and created a separate partition for my Remix OS. I'm booting to Remix OS via Settings > Change PC Settings > Update and Recovery > Recovery > Advanced Startup.
Upon selecting this option to boot to Remix OS, there is a DOS like screen asking me to select from Windows and Remix OS.
Please help me if there is an option to make the Remix OS as default and get rid of this selection which also has 30 second timeout.
Tried to edit the menu.lst but cannot find the correct setting to make it defaulted to Remix OS.
Thanks in advance!
If you use official method for dual boot, every time you start your PC, you'll get prompted with two options Windows or Remix OS. You don't need to enter Windows to boot Remix. By default, Windows is the primary OS, and if you don't choose one option, it will start Windows in 30 seconds. But in this menu, there is a button to change the primary OS.
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lucasdeeiroz said:
If you use official method for dual boot, every time you start your PC, you'll get prompted with two options Windows or Remix OS. You don't need to enter Windows to boot Remix. By default, Windows is the primary OS, and if you don't choose one option, it will start Windows in 30 seconds. But in this menu, there is a button to change the primary OS.
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Thanks for your reply. I understand that if I install the remix OS on my drive C, it will always ask me the boot options (windows , remix os). Since I want to always default the booting to Windows (most of the time), I didn't install it to my drive C because it annoys me to see this and select it manually or wait for the timeout to finish just to boot to windows.
since i only use the remix OS not that frequent, I installed it on separate partition and it is okay with me to boot to windows first and go to advanced recovery setting to reboot and go to remix OS.
I just wonder if in this way, I can default it to remix OS with seeing this boot options
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If you use official method for dual boot, every time you start your PC, you'll get prompted with two options Windows or Remix OS. You don't need to enter Windows to boot Remix. By default, Windows is the primary OS, and if you don't choose one option, it will start Windows in 30 seconds. But in this menu, there is a button to change the primary OS.
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Where is the button?
I realize this is a sort of old thread, but I am having this same issue. Remix OS is the default boot option. I would like it to boot Windows by default, as it is really annoying when the pc restarts and if I'm not paying close attention it boots Remix OS. This is especially annoying when installing updates!
I too do not see any "button" that would facilitate this option.
Help? Thoughts?
Same problem here.
Just installed and I want to default to Windows. I guess ill just uninstall and hope it works. Caint boot in Remix by default on a PC for sure.
drivindisco said:
I realize this is a sort of old thread, but I am having this same issue. Remix OS is the default boot option. I would like it to boot Windows by default, as it is really annoying when the pc restarts and if I'm not paying close attention it boots Remix OS. This is especially annoying when installing updates!
I too do not see any "button" that would facilitate this option.
Help? Thoughts?
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[KitFox] said:
Same problem here.
Just installed and I want to default to Windows. I guess ill just uninstall and hope it works. Caint boot in Remix by default on a PC for sure.
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I found out how to change the default "Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Advanced Startup."
Worked for me...
Have same issue here but would be great if we can edit the default boot up to Windows instead of Remix OS and shorten the time from 30 seconds to user defined (2 seconds) would be great. Anyone have way around this?
Sorry for the DAMN LATE reply.....
This solution is applicable if you have a legacy BIOS.
Remix OS comes already pre-rooted, so you can edit root stuff, if you have access to the Windows partition (usually "disk0"), you can edit menu.lst using a text editor, then add:
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
Change the number (hd0,1) according to your partition number
Example: I installed Windows in the 2nd partition, then (hd0,2)
Save the changes then reboot and press Esc before the countdown ends, and select Windows.
If your main OS is Windows NT4.0 or 2000 or XP, then add this instead:
title NTLDR
fallback 1
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
map () (hd0)
map (hd0) ()
map --rehook
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /ntldr
chainloader /ntldr
Change both (hd0) numbers if you installed the old Windows OS to another disk, for example: I attached two disks, one has a corrupt Windows 10 which is (hd0), and the other has Windows XP for recovery purposes (hd1), then I change to (hd1)
Save the changes then reboot, and press Esc before the countdown ends, and select NTLDR.
And Voila! You can now set your Windows OS to default booting option again!
After installing RemixOS, I'm no longer able to enter the UEFI/BIOS Settings page during the initial laptop turn on. Usually, I just have to tap F2 to enter it, or else press F12 to enter the boot device selection menu and select BIOS settings option. But after installing Remix OS (from first v2 itself), F2 doesn't work and I can't find the BIOS entry option after pressing F12. Since I have Windows 10, I am able to enter the same from the advanced boot options within the Update/Recovery settings page. But I just can't figure out what to do of I don't have any post-Windows 8 OS installed. My system is a Fujitsu AH532, Intel Core i3(2310M), 4GB RAM, Intel HD3000 Graphics(with switchable nVidia 620M graphics) and Phoenix BIOS. Secure Boot and Quick boot are disabled and I have Windows 10 upgraded from Windows 8 OEM. And yes, I did have the F2 entry option earlier(I understand that some OEMs have completely removed such a direct entry option). I tried reflashing the BIOS and repairing the boot.mgr, to no effect.
Ah windows 10 the reason windows 8.1 looks better.
Windows 10 doesn't really shutdown unless you do a hard reset(power button or battery disconnect)
If hard reset doesn't work and you can boot windows.
There is a option in windows to reboot into uefi menu.
I don't remember how but there is info and videos on howto
You need to turn off Fast Startup feature in Windows or fully shutdown by clicking Shutdown while pressing on Shift (this worked in Windows 8.1, don't know if it still works in 10).
Fast Startup feature makes the machine automatically boot the system using it - ommiting boot menus and bios hotkey trigger - almost as if the system wasn't fully shutdown (it actually hibernates if I remembered well).
More info here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/243901/the-pros-and-cons-of-windows-10s-fast-startup-mode/
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Thanks for the reply guys but I had already tried this out in vain earlier.
Any other ideas, guys?
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._
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Remix OS is supposed to use the blue Windows Boot Manager, correct?
But on my Windows tablet (Lenovo Miix 700), I always get a gray boot screen which asks me to choose "Windows" or "Remix OS".
If I select "Windows", then it will load the blue Windows Boot Manager screen (without the Remix OS option).
Can anyone explain what's going wrong?
How can I force Remix OS to use the actual Windows Boot Manager?
The reason I want the actual Windows Boot Manager is because it's easy to customize the countdown timer & boot preference. With the current gray boot screen, I can only edit the timer by mounting my boot partition & editing complicated files.
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Bios: UEFI with Secure Boot & Fast Boot disabled.
Remix OS version: Latest (3.0.207)
Installation method: Remix OS For PC "Installation Tool" (16 gb chosen, targetted to 20 gb NTFS partition, drive letter "R:" assigned)
Okay, I discovered the solution. You can read the quoted posts below. It is not possible to add Remix OS as an option in the Windows Boot Manager...if the Windows OS was installed in UEFI.
I don't know why this isn't made more public.
I wasted so many days trying all sorts of experiments, and thinking something was wrong with my system.
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UEFI WBM can't load anything other than windows bootloader; so it can't chainload grub2. It does however see any /efi folder as a seperate UEFI [usb] device.
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Milamber33 said:
If Windows was installed in BIOS mode, you get the Windows boot menu which is touch compatible, but if Windows was installed in UEFI mode, then the Windows boot menu can't be used to load non-Windows operating systems (thanks Microsoft) and so you get the non-touch grub boot menu. Annoying, I know, and it's the reason I ended up rebuilding my Lenovo Thinkpad Helix in BIOS mode, despite the slower boot process.
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