Re: 4.2 runs from live cd, but bootloops on android logo when installed to HDD

[electrik jesus]

I am having this same issue with the 2/27 build as well on my Acer w500, I will post back how I fix it if I can ;)

On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:58:43 AM UTC-5, thewoun...@gmail.com wrote:

I'm running an HP Tx2z. Have run the tx2500 ICS build (touch drivers not working), the asus ICS build (couln't boot at all), and the 4.2 dev build all from live CDs. The JB build boots from live cd just fine, multitouch loads up and works, the only issue is it seems to be missing wifi drivers, and thats a seperate and less difficult problem I suppose than this.

I liked the way that JB handled on my machine and made the jump to install to hard disk, alongside my fresh windows 7 install. There is only a single NTFS partition on my disk. Grub setup fine, and I can access/boot my windows 7 install, yet when trying to boot android the system makes it as far as the android graphic screen and basically bootloops there. The splash screen flickers constantly and the system never loads, I've let it sit as long as an hour like this. I had tried a suggestion a few posts below mine in another thread, to try ctrl+alt+f1 and look at the log, but the system seems unresponsive to this command.

The funny thing is, when booting from live CD, and then choosing the install to hard disk option, the system seems to install just fine, and when presented with the "run android" option at the end of that process, it runs fine. Yet if I shut it down, and start the machine up again, android simply cannot finish booting from hard disk.

I'm not really sure where to begin with this one, but I am entirely computer literate in that if anyone has any suggestions I don't exactly need the laymans version of it.

I had set the system to install as read/rite capable, it seems to me that if I had intended to modify it in any significant way that Id want this option. I'd tried setting userdata image size to both the min and max just to see about a change, no difference either way.

Anyone got any thoughts?

[electrik jesus]

I was able to fix this by reinstalling as normal, not read/write ;)

[Jon West]

The only other option is a straight ext3 install of android ONLY :( no windows :( this way android sees it as the first and only partition. The only other option is finding a way to mount a virtual partition from a .fs file. 

On Monday, March 4, 2013 3:46:03 AM UTC-5, Thanos Papoutsis wrote:

I have exactly the same issue. When i install it as read/write and run the android right after installation without rebooting everything is ok, but when i reboot the system makes it as far as the android graphic screen and basically bootloops there. If reinstall it as normal no read/write its ok but i need the read/write option cause i want to do some changes in the system folder. I tryied everything any suggestion?

[Thanos Papoutsis]

I formatted a usb stick in ext3 i installed only android in rea/write mode but nothing happened. Exactly the same behaviour as before. If not reboot android loads ok after reboot pc cant boot to android. I dont know what to do

[Jon West]

I think that it might be because Grub is written to the boot sector of the HD and Android isn't on the HD, so it cant find it. Try to install Android to the HD and see if it will boot instead of the USB drive.

[dscm]

these "issues" have been around a while...and been solved by many in
these forums

1) shrink your windows partition leaving 2-4GB of free space

2) use gparted(google it) and format your new 2-4GB partition as ext3

3) install whatever flavor of android-x86 from usb flash drive to your
new 2-4GB partitioned/formatted
space

4) select install grub when asked, also select add windows when asked

this method is known to work fine.......

can't use fat/ntfs/whatever...good luck

[Thanos Papoutsis]

yes in a HD its ok. Did you manage to install androidx86 as read/write in a usb stick?

[dscm]

why would you want to??? but anyway...I have installed android-x86
onto sd card
and it worked fine as I recall.....

try this if you must: http://www.austintek.com/dual_boot_usb_flash_drive/

[dscm]

located this...give it a try


Partition your USB drive/SDCard, into two partitions, using this
EaseUS Partition Master, which is what I used.

Partition layout needs to be one with 1GB of space with FAT32
filesystem, that is for the installer.

Remaining partition of type ext3 (Linux partition).

The installer, when live-booting from the USB Drive/SDCard, will show
the just-created partition on the USB/SDCard, just select that
partition to install on it and its done.

[Erik Johansen]

Choosing not read/write resolved it on my Acer Aspire One.