android-x86_64-7.1-rc2 install without system.img / data.img

[slashdevnull]

Hello,

can I install android-x86_64-7.1-rc2 to HDD in that way that system and user data are being written into subdirectories and not in system.img and data.img ?

When I installed android-x86_64-7.1-rc1, there were different subdirectories for system and data, thus the entire space on my 20G partition (ext4) could be used dynamically.

Structure in -rc1:

android-7.1-rc1

    data

    system

    initrd.img

    kernel

    ramdisk.img

structure in -rc2:

android-7.1-rc2

    data.img

    system.img

    initrd.img

    kernel

    ramdisk.img

Installing -rc2, all system and user data seem to be fixed in the img-files, which is very annoying and static, because I have to allocate space and can't use free disc space dynamically. I'm using multiple versions of android-x86 on the same partition, which is no big issue, because each system resides in an own directory.

My question: How can I install -rc2 resulting in the system and user data being written in separate subdirectories ?

Kind regards :)

[slashdevnull]

...obviously installing directly to the ext4-partition solved the problem, the structures are identical. :)

-> SOLVED.

[Chih-Wei Huang]

Right. The data.img is only created if
you install to non-Linux-native filesystem.
(i.e., vfat or ntfs)


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Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org

[Genx]

Just extract iso on a ext4 partition and set boot params in grub for that partition and using sudo extract system IMG on that partition in /system folder and create data folder in same root of partition.that's it.