> A- HOW TO CREATE AN ANDROID VIRTUAL MACHINE ON VMWARE

> Android image:  android-x86.6.r2
> Vmware Workstation: 7.1.2 build-301548
> Dell Studio 1737 laptop; Vista Home Premium SP2

> 1-  Download from:  http://www.androidx86.org/downloads.html
>    select:  android-x86-1.6-r2.iso

> 2- Create a VMware machine.

>            Set memory to 512 MB [ 384MB or 256 MB may work]
>         re:http://vmetc.com/2010/12/27/install-androidx86-in-a-vmware-
> workstation-vm/

>            Browse to the android-x86-1.6-r2.iso file.
>    VMware will detect a BSD image.

>            Set up networking.  I used NAT.  [Bridged should work as well].

>            Create a disk:
>                    "Create /.Modify Partition" =>  OK =>  ...\cfdisk(util-linux-
> 2.14.1) new =>  tab           to    [NEW] =>  [Primary] =>  take all
> defaults

>            Check to see if correct:
>               Name: sda1;  Flags: Boot;  Partition Type: Primary;  FS Type:
> Linux
>            Tab to [Write] =>  Sure =>  Quit
>                            note: I selected ext2 as I plan to place this eventually on
> my eee Netbook with a solid state disk.  There is less writing to the
> disk with ext2.  Ext3 would be better for a hard drive
> installation.
>      Install GRUB when prompted.

> 3- Start the new Android machine within Vmware Workstation.

> 4- Stop the Android machine and "X" the Android machine tab in VMware
> Workstation .
>      Go to the .vmx file associated with the Android virtual machine.
>    Find the line:
>                  ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

>           change the virtual network card from e1000 to vlance so that
> the line reads:
>             ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"

>      re:  http://blogs.vmware.com/networking/2009/06/what-vnic-choosing-an-adap...

> 5-  Start Android on VMware

>       left click on Android screen =>  Settings button =>  Ethernet
> Configuration =>  check Ethernet =>          Ethernet Configuration -
> Configure Ethernet Devices =>
>            "eth0" should appear on the drop down and the Dhcp radio
> button should be selected.
>          If the drop down is blank then something is wrong with the
> ethernet0.virtualDev setting in the   .vmx file.

> 6- Restart the Android virtual machine in VMware.

> B- HOW TO INSTALL AN SDCARD INTO ANDROID VMWARE VIRTUAL MACHINE

> 1- Create a second disk drive on Vmware:
>    Edit Virtual Machine Settings =>  Add... button =>  highlight Hard Disk
> =>  Next =>
>            Create a new Virtual Disk =>  IDE radio button =>  Next =>  set Maximum
> Disk Size
>            [I set it to 2 GB] =>  Store virtual disk as a single file radio
> button =>  take default to
>            where the virtual disk will be stored =>  Finish

> 2- Start the Android Virtual Machine in VMware.  Android will confirm
> the added drive with a message.  The message displays for a VERY short
> time at startup.

> 3- Create a partition on the added drive:
>    Alt-F3 while cursor is on the Android screen to enter console mode.

>    # busybox df                     // better formatting with busybox
> prefix
>     note that /dev/sda is the data drive

>    # fdisk /dev/block/sdb    // will create a partition table and
> partition on the sdcard drive
>            m                           // for menu to see the available
> commands
>            n                            // new partition will be created
>            p                            // the new partition will be a primary partition
>            1                           // number one says to create the first
> partition
>            w                          // write the partition table.  The first
> partition lives

>    # fdisk /dev/block/sdb    // check that all is correct
>            p                             // check the partition table
>            q                           //  quit

> 4- Place an ext2 file system onto the sdcard partition
>    # mkfs.ext2 -L SDCARD /dev/block/sdb1               // create a file
> system and a volume label

>    # mount -rw -t ext2   /dev/block/sdb1  /sdcard       // directory /
> sdcard already exists on image

> 5- Edit the GRUB file so that SDCARD will mount at boot time

>    # mkdir /data/
> fs                                                     // fs is a
> temporary directory

>    #
> mount                                                                //
> note file type of sda1

>    # mount -t ext2  /dev/block/sda1  /data/fs            //  the file
> type should match above

>    #
> mount                                                               //
> see if it worked

>    # cd  /data/fs/grub                                   // we will need to mount SDCARD at boot

>    # vi
> menu.lst                                                       //  lst
> as in list an L not a one

>       cursor to the end of the line starting with Kernel /android-
> lib.nw/kernel... the second line.

>     Esc =>
> a                                                             // for
> append

>    add SDCARD=SDB1                                     // without
> quotes and with a leading space                                                                              // to the end of
> the line

>    Esc =>
> q                                                            // quit
> vi

>    # cat menu.1st                                                   //
> verify the change

> 6- Check that Android knows about SDCARD

>    # reboot

>    left click on Android screen =>  Settings =>  SD card and phone storage
> =. note total space.

> A- HOW TO CREATE AN ANDROID VIRTUAL MACHINE ON VMWARE

> Android image:  android-x86.6.r2
> Vmware Workstation: 7.1.2 build-301548
> Dell Studio 1737 laptop; Vista Home Premium SP2

> 1-  Download from:  http://www.androidx86.org/downloads.html
>         select:  android-x86-1.6-r2.iso

> 2- Create a VMware machine.

>         Set memory to 512 MB [ 384MB or 256 MB may work]
>        re:http://vmetc.com/2010/12/27/install-androidx86-in-a-vmware-
> workstation-vm/

>         Browse to the android-x86-1.6-r2.iso file.
>         VMware will detect a BSD image.

>         Set up networking.  I used NAT.  [Bridged should work as well].

>         Create a disk:
>                         "Create /.Modify Partition" => OK => ...\cfdisk(util-linux-
> 2.14.1) new => tab           to    [NEW] => [Primary] => take all
> defaults

>                 Check to see if correct:
>                    Name: sda1;  Flags: Boot;  Partition Type: Primary;  FS Type:
> Linux
>                 Tab to [Write] => Sure => Quit
>                                 note: I selected ext2 as I plan to place this eventually on
> my eee Netbook with a solid state disk.  There is less writing to the
> disk with ext2.  Ext3 would be better for a hard drive
> installation.
>           Install GRUB when prompted.

> 3- Start the new Android machine within Vmware Workstation.

> 4- Stop the Android machine and "X" the Android machine tab in VMware
> Workstation .
>     Go to the .vmx file associated with the Android virtual machine.
>         Find the line:
>                 ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

>          change the virtual network card from e1000 to vlance so that
> the line reads:
>                  ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"

>     re:  http://blogs.vmware.com/networking/2009/06/what-vnic-choosing-an-adap...

> 5-  Start Android on VMware

>      left click on Android screen => Settings button => Ethernet
> Configuration => check Ethernet =>        Ethernet Configuration -
> Configure Ethernet Devices =>
>                  "eth0" should appear on the drop down and the Dhcp radio
> button should be selected.
>         If the drop down is blank then something is wrong with the
> ethernet0.virtualDev setting in the   .vmx file.

> 6- Restart the Android virtual machine in VMware.

> B- HOW TO INSTALL AN SDCARD INTO ANDROID VMWARE VIRTUAL MACHINE

> 1- Create a second disk drive on Vmware:
>         Edit Virtual Machine Settings => Add... button => highlight Hard Disk
> => Next =>
>                 Create a new Virtual Disk => IDE radio button => Next => set Maximum
> Disk Size
>                 [I set it to 2 GB] => Store virtual disk as a single file radio
> button => take default to
>                 where the virtual disk will be stored => Finish

> 2- Start the Android Virtual Machine in VMware.  Android will confirm
> the added drive with a message.  The message displays for a VERY short
> time at startup.

> 3- Create a partition on the added drive:
>         Alt-F3 while cursor is on the Android screen to enter console mode.

>         # busybox df                     // better formatting with busybox
> prefix
>          note that /dev/sda is the data drive

>         # fdisk /dev/block/sdb    // will create a partition table and
> partition on the sdcard drive
>                 m                           // for menu to see the available
> commands
>                 n                            // new partition will be created
>                 p                            // the new partition will be a primary partition
>                 1                           // number one says to create the first
> partition
>                 w                          // write the partition table.  The first
> partition lives

>         # fdisk /dev/block/sdb    // check that all is correct
>                 p                             // check the partition table
>                 q                           //  quit

> 4- Place an ext2 file system onto the sdcard partition
>         # mkfs.ext2 -L SDCARD /dev/block/sdb1               // create a file
> system and a volume label

>         # mount -rw -t ext2   /dev/block/sdb1  /sdcard       // directory /
> sdcard already exists on image

> 5- Edit the GRUB file so that SDCARD will mount at boot time

>         # mkdir /data/
> fs                                                     // fs is a
> temporary directory

>         #
> mount                                                                //
> note file type of sda1

>         # mount -t ext2  /dev/block/sda1  /data/fs            //  the file
> type should match above

>         #
> mount                                                               //
> see if it worked

>         # cd  /data/fs/grub                                   // we will need to mount SDCARD at boot

>         # vi
> menu.lst                                                       //  lst
> as in list – an L not a one

>            cursor to the end of the line starting with “ Kernel /android-
> lib.nw/kernel... the second line.

>          Esc =>
> a                                                             // for
> append

>         add “ SDCARD=SDB1”                                     // without
> quotes and with a leading space                                                                           // to the end of
> the line

>         Esc =>
> q                                                            // quit
> vi

>         # cat menu.1st                                                   //
> verify the change

> 6- Check that Android knows about SDCARD

>         # reboot

>         left click on Android screen => Settings => SD card and phone storage
> =. note total space.

> A- HOW TO CREATE AN ANDROID VIRTUAL MACHINE ON VMWARE

> Android image:  android-x86.6.r2
> Vmware Workstation: 7.1.2 build-301548
> Dell Studio 1737 laptop; Vista Home Premium SP2

> 1-  Download from:  http://www.androidx86.org/downloads.html
>        select:  android-x86-1.6-r2.iso

> 2- Create a VMware machine.

>        Set memory to 512 MB [ 384MB or 256 MB may work]
>       re:http://vmetc.com/2010/12/27/install-androidx86-in-a-vmware-
> workstation-vm/<http://vmetc.com/2010/12/27/install-androidx86-in-a-vmware-%0Aworksta...>

>        Browse to the android-x86-1.6-r2.iso file.
>        VMware will detect a BSD image.

>        Set up networking.  I used NAT.  [Bridged should work as well].

>        Create a disk:
>                        "Create /.Modify Partition" => OK =>
> ...\cfdisk(util-linux-
> 2.14.1) new => tab           to    [NEW] => [Primary] => take all
> defaults

>                Check to see if correct:
>                   Name: sda1;  Flags: Boot;  Partition Type: Primary;  FS
> Type:
> Linux
>                Tab to [Write] => Sure => Quit
>                                note: I selected ext2 as I plan to place
> this eventually on
> my eee Netbook with a solid state disk.  There is less writing to the
> disk with ext2.  Ext3 would be better for a hard drive
> installation.
>          Install GRUB when prompted.

> 3- Start the new Android machine within Vmware Workstation.

> 4- Stop the Android machine and "X" the Android machine tab in VMware
> Workstation .
>    Go to the .vmx file associated with the Android virtual machine.
>        Find the line:
>                ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

>         change the virtual network card from e1000 to vlance so that
> the line reads:
>                 ethernet0.virtualDev = "vlance"

>    re:
> http://blogs.vmware.com/networking/2009/06/what-vnic-choosing-an-adap...

> 5-  Start Android on VMware

>     left click on Android screen => Settings button => Ethernet
> Configuration => check Ethernet =>      Ethernet Configuration -
> Configure Ethernet Devices =>
>                 "eth0" should appear on the drop down and the Dhcp radio
> button should be selected.
>        If the drop down is blank then something is wrong with the
> ethernet0.virtualDev setting in the   .vmx file.

> 6- Restart the Android virtual machine in VMware.

> B- HOW TO INSTALL AN SDCARD INTO ANDROID VMWARE VIRTUAL MACHINE

> 1- Create a second disk drive on Vmware:
>        Edit Virtual Machine Settings => Add... button => highlight Hard
> Disk
> => Next =>
>                Create a new Virtual Disk => IDE radio button => Next => set
> Maximum
> Disk Size
>                [I set it to 2 GB] => Store virtual disk as a single file
> radio
> button => take default to
>                where the virtual disk will be stored => Finish

> 2- Start the Android Virtual Machine in VMware.  Android will confirm
> the added drive with a message.  The message displays for a VERY short
> time at startup.

> 3- Create a partition on the added drive:
>        Alt-F3 while cursor is on the Android screen to enter console mode.

>        # busybox df                     // better formatting with busybox
> prefix
>         note that /dev/sda is the data drive

>        # fdisk /dev/block/sdb    // will create a partition table and
> partition on the sdcard drive
>                m                           // for menu to see the available
> commands
>                n                            // new partition will be
> created
>                p                            // the new partition will be a
> primary partition
>                1                           // number one says to create the
> first
> partition
>                w                          // write the partition table.
>  The first
> partition lives

>        # fdisk /dev/block/sdb    // check that all is correct
>                p                             // check the partition table
>                q                           //  quit

> 4- Place an ext2 file system onto the sdcard partition
>        # mkfs.ext2 -L SDCARD /dev/block/sdb1               // create a file
> system and a volume label

>        # mount -rw -t ext2   /dev/block/sdb1  /sdcard       // directory /
> sdcard already exists on image

> 5- Edit the GRUB file so that SDCARD will mount at boot time

>        # mkdir /data/
> fs                                                     // fs is a
> temporary directory

>        #
> mount                                                                //
> note file type of sda1

>        # mount -t ext2  /dev/block/sda1  /data/fs            //  the file
> type should match above

>        #
> mount                                                               //
> see if it worked

>        # cd  /data/fs/grub                                   // we will
> need to mount SDCARD at boot

>        # vi
> menu.lst                                                       //  lst
> as in list – an L not a one

>           cursor to the end of the line starting with “ Kernel /android-
> lib.nw/kernel... the second line.

>         Esc =>
> a                                                             // for
> append

>        add “ SDCARD=SDB1”                                     // without
> quotes and with a leading space
>                               // to the end of
> the line

>        Esc =>
> q                                                            // quit
> vi

>        # cat menu.1st                                                   //
> verify the change

> 6- Check that Android knows about SDCARD

>        # reboot

>        left click on Android screen => Settings => SD card and phone
> storage
> =. note total space.

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Kingdon <xulrunne...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Reporting live, from EeePC-20101126 (built on PowerEdgeSC420) image hosted at http://martyfunkhouser.csh.rit.edu/~yebyen/ -- the GLES2.0 support is not enabled, and above described trick to get the SDCARD back online does not work.  I will be taking copies of everything and installing a new image akin to "factory reset" as soon as I can make up the space for backups, so that I can try the new SDCARD-helper installation tool.

>The understanding I have is that you can actually install onto a single partition, and something like a sparse file or garbage-collected database of another kind can be set to run the SDCARD, and that it will grow (and shrink?) dynamically as the space is needed for sdcard storage.

>I have experimented with the duplicity backup tool, and it describes my situation, sure I can take backups, but any cache data that is not in APK format will surely be lost when I restore and don't find the time for all of the little databases.  I have found map applications that cache map data halfway between the behavior of GoogleMaps and MapDroyd (but not yet anything that will cache bus routes!), if I were a collector, this might be a hinderance if I have to suffer it again in the future.

>It might be neat to have a more object-oriented cache browser, is all I'm saying... but the one application I don't want to lose track of as I factory-reset my AndroidX86 box, Yaxim! This jabber tool is clean, and enough to get you on facebook, but it does not jibe well with the large-screen form factor of my 10.1" or 9.1" Android-x86 machine... it will probably be great on the ARM target.

>So, when I write again, I'll be using the 0106 image with preliminary support for GLES2.0 according to the list notes I've read!  For the record, 1226 graphics already look faster than I remember, there are no slowdowns in transitions and everything is 100% rendered with fades and shades.  The shutdown dialog in particular does not cause a slowdown anymore.  This seems to be a slight improvement over previous images. :-)

>Kingdon

> Does anyone have more detailed notes on what's going on with GLES2?  I thought I read that it has preliminary support now, what does preliminary mean?  Any blog posts or code to point at?

> 2011/1/11 Kingdon (yebyen) <xulrunne...@gmail.com>:
> > Does anyone have more detailed notes on what's going on with GLES2?  I
> thought I read that it has preliminary support now, what does preliminary
> mean?  Any blog posts or code to point at?

> Preliminary support? No, I didn't say that.

> ES2 is enabled in the current mesa library,
> but it doesn't work.
> If you'd like to help or debug, go ahead.

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