I cant install Android-x86 to my hard disk.

[Garvit Singla]

I was trying to install Android X86 on my hard disk through bootable pendrive. Using UNetbootin, i made my 8GB HP pendrive bootable with Android X86's ISO.
When i restarted the PC and booted into the pendrive, i select the option to install Android X86 to Hard Disk. After that i clicked on Create/Modify Partitions and i got the error:
"Fatal Error: Bad primary partition 0, partition ends in the final partial cylinder.
Press any key to exit cfdisk".
By the way I am using Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 and i also created a 3GB new partition from my old drive.
Please help me and tell me in detail about how to solve this error.

[hashirt]

I encountered that error couple of times. I guess cfdisk doesn't like the way we create partitions. My solution was to create the partition before booting the installation usb. You can create the partition in windows or using gparted or something else. If you have a partition ready, you don't need to "Create/Modify Partitions". Select the partition you want and at the next step format it to ext4 or ext3 or as you like.

27 Haziran 2015 Cumartesi 19:59:21 UTC+3 tarihinde Garvit Singla yazdı:

[Mike]

I had that problem when I was trying to rearrange my partitions with Gparted, You might want to google that error, From what I understand it means your partition (Or partition info) is Corrupted, I just reformated the drive and started over... but they did have a bunch of examples in the linux forum on ways to fix it, didn't work for mew tho...

Mike

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[Garvit Singla]

i tried using Gparted also.

i also formatted my whole hard drive but it didn't worked with that too.

then i tried to make bootable usb using Power ISO. after that, That FATAL ERROR Problem was solved. This explains that problem was with the partition table at that time.

But after that when i tried to install again after making bootable usb using Power ISO, it couldn't locate the partition of internal hard drive in CREATE/MODIFY PARTITIONS section. I was able to locate only partitions of the USB  I was Trying to install android with.

So please help me with this new error.

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Garvit Singla

[Antony Stone]

On Wednesday 01 July 2015 at 12:04:39 (EU time), Garvit Singla wrote:

> > i tried using Gparted also.
>
> i also formatted my whole hard drive but it didn't worked with that too.
> then i tried to make bootable usb using Power ISO. after that, That FATAL
> ERROR Problem was solved. This explains that problem was with the partition
> table at that time.

Okay, so have you now created a new partition table on the hard disk - if so,
what tool did you use to create it, and what table did you create?

> But after that when i tried to install again after making bootable usb
> using Power ISO, it couldn't locate the partition of internal hard drive in
> CREATE/MODIFY PARTITIONS section.

What partition/s do you have on that disk, and how did you create them?


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[Garvit Singla]

Actually the thing is I don,t know what partition table is and how do we create it. While searching on the Internet I came to know we should not make bootable pendrive using UNETBOOTIN as changes the partition table and we get that FATAL ERROR. That's why I tried Power ISO and it worked for that error.

I installed Windows 7 again in my pc and full formatted the whole PC. There I created three drives (C, D, E). Then after installing the Windows, in Device Management, from drive E I shrinked 3GB of volume E with FAT32 to install Android-X86. I did all the Booting Usb things with power iso. After booting in from pendrive i couldnt find any volume/partition i created except that of my pendrive itself.

So can you tell me in detail what to do?

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Please Help Me Fast.

[Antony Stone]

On Wednesday 01 July 2015 at 12:47:25 (EU time), Garvit Singla wrote:

> > Actually the thing is I don,t know what partition table is and how do we
> > create it. While searching on the Internet I came to know we should not
> > make bootable pendrive using UNETBOOTIN as changes the partition table
> > and we get that FATAL ERROR. That's why I tried Power ISO and it worked
> > for that error.
>
> I installed Windows 7 again in my pc and full formatted the whole PC. There
> I created three drives (C, D, E). Then after installing the Windows, in
> Device Management, from drive E I shrinked 3GB of volume E with FAT32 to
> install Android-X86.

So, are you saying that you created three partitions during the Windows
installation, and then reduced the size of one of those partitions by 3Gb to
leave space on the disk for Android-x86?

If so, did you create a partition in that space?

Remember that there's a difference between having unallocated space on a hard
disk, and creating a partition in that space so it can be used.

> I did all the Booting Usb things with power iso. After booting in from
> pendrive i couldnt find any volume/partition i created except that of my
> pendrive itself.
> So can you tell me in detail what to do?

I personally can't tell you how to do this sort of thing with Windows (or any
Windows tools, for that matter), since I don't use it.

However, there may well be other people here who have experience of setting up
an Android partition starting from Windows, who may be able to help you.

To me, it sounds very much as though you currently have a hard disk containing
three partitions and some unused space, and you need to create a fourth
partition in that unused space so that the Android-x86 installer can find it.


Regards,


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[Garvit Singla]

I have already mentioned that i formatted that partition(3GB from Unallocated space) with Fat32 system (after searching from web to be formatted in FAT32). But at the end i can't see any partition in Installation setup of android-X86.

Any Suggestions..

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Garvit Singla 

[Mike]

Honestly if I was you, I would do a reformat (again), yes I know it sux, but I've gone through it to,  Do it before you go to bed 8-),  Then Either install Linux on a SMALL Partition just for "This Kind Of Thing", or use Linux Live CD, Reformat, Redo your partitions with G-Parted, THEN Install your stuff, you might have a drive that's going bad (thinking on the previous error),...

IF that don't work, I'd personally reformat the whole thing NTFS, then run CHKDSK either in windows recovery or the command prompt in windows, and check for bad blocks and repair, Unless you want to hunt out a free HDD Tester....

Me Personally I'd take the time to make sure the HDD is functioning Properly before banging my head into a Wall, THEN do the Partitions, AND for NOW install Android on EXT4 (Lollipop) AND just GET it to BOOT, Then Reformat the partition or whatever you want to do.....

Hope this helps....

Mike

P.S. Since I suk with MBR and all that crap, I'm bringing this up on a side note, Altho I've Reformatted and Repartitioned my DRIVE Millions of times, When I did it this last time (Linux Advise), I put a 100 MB MBR/GRUB/GRUB2 (Whatever) Partition At the Very Beginning, honestly I don't remember why, Been awhile, but I did, and haven't had issues since (except for me F'n around)... And In the Past I Didn't do the beginning partition and I've had problems somewhere down the line...

Someone here probably knows more then me on this, I'm just speaking on what I went through (ALOT!) and how I fixed it...

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[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 9:28 PM, Garvit Singla <singlag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have already mentioned that i formatted that partition(3GB from
>> Unallocated space) with Fat32 system (after searching from web to be
>> formatted in FAT32). But at the end i can't see any partition in
>> Installation setup of android-X86.
>
> Any Suggestions..

As harsh as this may sound, I'd suggest you do NOT use android-x86 as
it seems like you don't know enough about it.

While live mode only uses 300 MBs or so disk space, for best
experience you should install system rw, which means it grows close to
1GB. Add to that data from the apps that you'd install, I highly
recommend at least 8GB partition for android-x86 (ideal would be
around 16GB).

You said you "don,t know what partition table is and how do we create
it". You can actually use windows own disk management (right click on
Computer, Manage) to resize and create partitions. While FAT is needed
for some case (e.g. UEFI), you'd need ext3 if you want system rw. The
installation procedure would be different for BIOS and UEFI laptops,
and android installer is not the most-friendly-one.

Finally, you didn't mention whether you already tried running it in
live mode. It doesn't work on some hardware (e.g. you could get only
black screen after booting). Even the "lucky" ones end up with a bug
or two. For example, I ended up with a fully usable android on my Asus
T100, but I can't suspend (i.e. press the power button to quickly turn
on/off) and the automatic rotation feature is broken.

If you simply want to try running android apps on your laptop, try
something like amiduos. It runs on top of windows, slower, but is MUCH
easier to use especially for beginners.

If you REALLY want to use android-x86, then:
- try first on live mode, make sure the functions you absolutely need works
- determine whether you have BIOS or UEFI laptop, then look for
documentation on how to install android on it
- allocate sufficient space, at least 8 GB.

You might end up with using a USB stick exclusively for android-x86,
as that would be easiest.

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[Garvit Singla]

Its not the problem of space in the partition. I can give even 16GB or more to the partition for installation of Android. But the problem my PC can't detect any partition when I boot into pendrive for installation of Android-X86. And when i use Live Mode, it doesn't work properly. There is some Graphics Problem in it. I cant see anything clearly.

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[Fajar A. Nugraha]

Hence why I said "I'd suggest you do NOT use android-x86 as it seems

like you don't know enough about it."

The most important information is "when i use Live Mode, it doesn't
work properly". That is a known issue for some laptops. If you have
newish intel with built-in Intel HD Graphics, then chances are you're
fine display-wise. If you use anything else then you might have
problems (although you can try mesa/radeonsi/nouveau builds and see if
you're in luck). And if you have display problems, IMHO don't bother
installing (at least, don't bother if you're just a normal user), it
simply won't work the way you want it.

You also haven't mention whether you're using BIOS or UEFI laptop, and
which android iso/img you tried. It is possible (though unlikely) that
you simply choose an old build which doesn't have drivers for the disk
controller.

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[Miker R]

Ya I agree there is alot of Information missing here!  For One what Exactly are you trying to do??  Why FAT32??  As Far as I know If you can mount NTFS in Android now...  I've heard that SOME USB/Pendrive, can't be formatted certain ways.. Dunno,  Give as much detail of your system and Exactly what your trying to do...

And as Fajar Said, If your Having problems with it Live, you Probably want to get a Build that WORKS Live, Then Install....

Mike

[Ryan Humphrey]

I'm also having issues installing x86 to the hard drive.  I've posted a main topic in Android-x86 with the whole backstory, but the gist of it is, that I finally got my bios to boot up an SD Card that I had.  I set up the card with Unetbootin.  Sadly, after everything, The first 3 options work flawlessly (Run android without install, VESA mode, Debug), but oddly when I select "Install Android to Harddisk", the screen goes blank.  I've ran some google searches but it seems as though my experience might be unique.  Not sure how to proceed to get android installed to my harddisk.

[paul17]

Do one thing, use another empty USB Stick. Install Hiren's Boot CD to it follow this URL: http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk
This can be a great tool if you mess up your laptop. You can easily recover your lost boot sectors.
Boot into Hiren's Boot CD from the USB Stick.
Open Mini WIndows XP
Open HBCD Menu
Go to Partition/Boot/MBR>DiskGenius. You can easily maintain your Hard Disk from there. There might be an option to repair your Hard Disk. Try all the applications in the HBCD Menu to repair the bad sectors of your Hard Disk. I suggest you to create a new ext4 partition. And then you can install Android-x86 to the ext4 partition.

[Ryan Humphrey]

Well I'm not actually on a Windows system. I'm on Chrome OS with chrx Chrubuntu. My partitions and my operating systems are both fine. I'm able to switch back and forth between them with no problem. The only thing I would like to do is install Android-x86 onto the ext4 partition I created using Gparted in chrubuntu. My only problem, is that after booting into the Android x86 Live USB Installation disk, the option "Install android-x86 to HDD" is broken. It produces a black screen and nothing more. All the other options in the Live USB disk work. I am able to run android x86 without installation, run android x86 in VESA mode, and I am able to run x86 in Debug mode. The only option that doesn't work is that last one. That is the only option I wanted this installtion disk for in the first place lol

[paul17]

Does it show "detecting Android-x86..." when you press install android-x86?

[Gary Naj]

[quote]

I was trying to install Android X86 on my hard disk through bootable pendrive. Using UNetbootin, i made my 8GB HP pendrive bootable with Android X86's ISO.
When i restarted the PC and booted into the pendrive, i select the option to install Android X86 to Hard Disk. After that i clicked on Create/Modify Partitions and i got the error:
"Fatal Error: Bad primary partition 0, partition ends in the final partial cylinder.
Press any key to exit cfdisk".
By the way I am using Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 and i also created a 3GB new partition from my old drive.
Please help me and tell me in detail about how to solve this error.

[/quote]

Could you perform full chkdsk before creating partition, just press F8 then repair? It will create flags to bad blocks. Or use g-parted to pre-format. Use Linux Live USB (LiLi) to create live usb, just ignore the warnings (image file probably altered or corrupted). Format your secondary partition as ext3. From what I read you can't install android x86 on ext4 unless you override it to another linux distro and create a custom.cfg. Do not choose format partitions in the middle of installation as you have already format it with g-parted.

[Ryan Humphrey]

I honestly don't know what it shows.  It flashes like 4 or 5 command lines in white very quickly, then the entire screen goes black.

[Gary Naj]

On Monday, December 28, 2015 at 4:08:54 PM UTC, Ryan Humphrey wrote:

I honestly don't know what it shows.  It flashes like 4 or 5 command lines in white very quickly, then the entire screen goes black.

What file system format you used?