Has anyone tested making a bootable SD Card with Remix OS?

[Eddie Low]

As per the title, will like to know if the above will work as per normal.

Looking at using a PNY Pro Elite microSDXC Card 64GB for the Remix OS on a Surface Pro 3.

Thanks!

[Jordan Thompson]

Most BIOS are not designed to use the cardbus on boot. In fact, I have not come across one in many years of systems engineering. 

[Henri Koivuneva]

Yeah same here! I haven't been able to boot directly off SD card slots with Surface Pros, only with some Android devices in the past and the Raspberry Pi's ofc :D

BUT! If you put the images on the microSD (so the path is SD\AndroidOS) instead of C drive while installing, and use a USB stick to boot just for safety, it might work if the SSD is full.
Check this, just adapt the guide or other guides here to your case: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/remix-os-for-pc/Rzo7rDxTfVw

I've used microSD's for VHDX images of Windows 10 test versions though, just directing bcd to look on the SD card for the image, it's worked pretty nicely especially with fast random read cards. I'll try how it works when the images are on the microSD card hopefully next week! And also getting the grub efi files to work through SSD's EFI partition, so that no usb hassle is needed. That'd be sweet, a tiny bit of extra on EFI partition and the images on microSD, not wasting the precious space of the SSD... Good luck :D If you succeed please share how!

[taymur khemesh]

i tried an SD card and it worked...

[COMPUTIAC USA]

  Eddie,

   Yes I have tested it and it work's.

   I have Remix running an a 32-GB Micro SD  card. A Live DVD and an external 3.0 USB 1TB HDD.

   Plus dual boot with win 10.

   They all work perfectly.

[Eddie Low]

Hi there, thanks for the feedback. May I know if the steps for making the SD card bootable are similar to that of a USB?

Can we format it to exFAT instead of FAT32?

Thanks again.

[ClancySmart]

I imagine they're still booting off USB but have the Micro SD card connected via a usb adaptor.

[COMPUTIAC USA]

  Eddie,

  I used a micro SD card with a SD card adapter.

  Format it FAT32.

  Use the Remix USB installer.

  It work's exactly the same as using a USB stick and its fully bootable.


  If you want it to save your setting's and data, you must choose Resident Mode every time you use it.

[Jordan Thompson]

Doesn't work for any of my computers with SD card readers. The BIOS has no drivers for the cardbus during boot.

[laksham...@gmail.com]

so there is no way i can boot ?

i am using a laptop and i have installed the remix os on an SD card but i am not able to boot from the SD card. there is no option for booting from SD