Is it possible to install Remix OS to a partition on a hard drive?

[Alex Lin]

I don't have a USB drive so is it possible to install it in a partition? I really want to dual boot this with Windows 10. Any help is appreciated.

BTW my PC has a legacy BIOS

[rim...@gmail.com]

I want that too, I am thinking about copy the iso data to my hard drive, maybe using a Linux Live distro, and use DD command.

I copy the iso to my usb using linux, with "sudo dd id=Remix-OS.iso of=/dev/sdX" I will try that with my hard drive, and if it work I post the tuto.

[Luke Jones]

Trying to install this to a hard-drive manually is not for the faint of heart and requires a very good understanding of how Linux and Android work.

[Luke Jones]

Please do not do that to your hard-drive, you will erase EVERYTHING!

To install Remix to an HDD partition will require a good understanding of Linux and Android, how Linux accesses partitions, how it loads the kernel, and a few other things.

[teachh...@gmail.com]

i have tried how to install it on hard drive and it success but when i boot into remix os it doesn't use all my hard drive spaces it only use 3gb for internal disk on remix os.

[Josh]

Got this off one of the earlier posts, hope it helps

Create a partition of at least 8GB (probably don't need that much, but why not?) and format it to Fat32, 

Whether you want to shrink your existing one (your Windows one) and use the leftover unallocated space or do something else, that's all you. 

I used EaseUS Partition Master to shrink Windows' main partition on my SSD.

Take Remix OS' ISO file and copy it over to the new partition. You can find the partition in Windows Explorer.

 

Download EasyBCD and open it. Go to Add New Entry and then the ISO tab. Use Path to link to the ISO file; 

Name, to name the new/second boot option that'll come up when you start the PC (Remix OS is a fine name); 

and for Mode, pick whichever you like (click the question mark to see the difference). 

Now click Add Entry.

 

Make the Menu Options (under Edit Boot Menu) how you like them and then go to Click Tools -> Restart Computer -> Yes.

 

It'll reboot and you should have the choice to pick Remix OS. Do so and you'll wait a good while. 

Eventually it should start up into the setup screen (Language, Wifi, etc.). It'll probably restart a couple times at that point, but not later on.

[COMPUTIAC USA]

Has anyone used the method Josh posted ?

Did it work without any problem's ?

[COMPUTIAC USA]

I followed the guide perfectly.

Got up to using Easy BCD, Add new entry, click on ISO, and the path is greyed out so I can't enter anything.

What am I doing wrong or missing ?

[danie...@gmail.com]

I've been able to successfully run off the USB inside of VMware (Fusion), as well as move the USB image over to VMDK image and use if from there. Not hard, but definitely not supported.

-D

[Re Nato]

AndroidX86/Remix OS & Linux the install guide is the same.
1 - you should download a linux mint live cd      http://linuxmint.com/
2 - create the live CD,if you ar using linux ou Windows you can use unetbootin to create the live usb disk or you can do the same to create the Remix OS Live USB.
     unetbootin you can download from the software center. for Windows users go to this page and download it:
  https://unetbootin.github.io/
3 - Since the Remix OS is in Alpha Mode.you should not install it on the hard drive with Windows.
4 - If The Hard Drive has NO OS and you want to install on it,then do this:
5 - after you created the Linux Mint Live CD. then connect the usb drive to the computer you want to install it to.the,turn it on and press f2 or del key to get to the Bios,then you got to make the usb drive as the First Boot Device and the HD as the second.click F10 and save the settings on the bios.Reboot the computer.
6 - boot the live disk and boot it as a live disk (no Install) after it booted then go to aplications > gparted
with gparted youl'll see your hard drive.(like i said before dont use the computer that has the windows,because the Remix OS is in Alpha Mode.when it is released and bug free,then you can install it along side with windows.
I WILL MAKE A VIDEO TUTORIAL HOW TO INSTALL IT TO A USB DRIVE AS A LIVE CD,AS VIRTUAL MACHINE & TO THE HD.
FOLLOW ME ON YOU TU

[Alex Lin]

Can you post a screenshot?

[Re Nato]

THIS WHAT I HAVE NOW:

[Re Nato]

i will do the tutorial with screen shots & I will post it here.

[COMPUTIAC USA]

I now have everything set to Legacy in the BIOS.

Easy BCD still says I have EFI and some functions will work properly.

When I click on add entry, then ISO, the pathway is greyed out and I can't enter anything at all.


What is the workaround ?

[jova...@gmail.com]

waiting for the tutorial :)

[Adam Templeton]

If you're running an EFI based boot loader, you are unable to add to the boot-menu unfortunately. It is a limitation of Microsofts EFI loader. EasyBCD should of told you of this with an alert.

[Re Nato]

Follow this Post on YouTube. i'll have my Tutorial Ready Tomorrow.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA7UtwM9MRY

[COMPUTIAC USA]

Adam Templeton,

Yes I have win 10 and I have turned off UEFI. Easy BCD did give an alert and this is where I have to stop.

Is there any other way around this or should I wait for a fix from Remix ?

[Re Nato]

most Bios you can have Legacy & Efi. you can have either one or both.

[Adam Templeton]

If you installed windows as EFI you can't just switch unfortunately, you will need to reinstall windows. 

Windows is really a pain on some laptops, like mine for example, in regards to EFI/Legacy and how you HDD is setup.

So without uninstalling Windows, you might want to look at installing grub2, as your bootloader and using it to Dualboot windows/Remix OS.

But that may result in you needing to reinstall windows tho.

I use a different Boot loader on my Laptop, Clover UEFI. (Since I triple boot Windows 10, OSX, and Linux.

[Adam Templeton]

To clarify, depending on how windows was setup, grub may have issues...

Normally doing any type of Dual boot/Triple boot. Starting from fresh installs are recommended.

[Adam Templeton]

What I mean by the following part is:

On my laptop Windows uses a partition in my BIOS to specify the bootloader

So even when I installed GRUB, or Clover, it still just booted into windows.

I got around this by using BCDEdit, to force it to use Clover.

In windows under an elevated command prompt type

[code]

bcedit

[/code]

 which gave me its status.

[code]path \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Bootmgfw.efi[/code]

Type this in the command prompt

[code]

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\Boot\Bootx64.efi

[/code]

[Prafull Kumar]

yes for installation into HDD see this post

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/remix-os-for-pc/bvYa1PWQHP8

[uni...@gmail.com]

yes,
use isolinux or grub you can do that.

the menu for isolinux.

label guestmode
    menu label ^Guest mode - No data will be saved after each session
    kernel /kernel
    append initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 androidboot.selinux=permissive quiet SRC= DATA= DATA_IN_MEM=1

label residentmode
    menu label ^Resident mode - All your data and apps are saved
    kernel /kernel
    append initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 androidboot.selinux=permissive quiet SRC= DATA= CREATE_DATA_IMG=1

[David Pierce]

more details on how you did this please?

[jmasc...@gmail.com]

You don´t need to use linux, use easybcd, it's free and will create a boot entry in your windows installation, i have dual boot windows 10 and remix os and the remix os has a 24GB internal memory

[robertt...@gmail.com]

Use Easy BCD 2.2 Not 2.3 It will work with 2.2.

[robertt...@gmail.com]

Easy BCD 2.2 Not 2.3

[COMPUTIAC USA]

  robertt,

  I used this method and it worked great.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC6V-ZPWpLo&feature=youtu.be

[xstif...@gmail.com]

Em quarta-feira, 13 de janeiro de 2016 01:11:52 UTC-2, Teachhay Lim escreveu:

i have tried how to install it on hard drive and it success but when i boot into remix os it doesn't use all my hard drive spaces it only use 3gb for internal disk on remix os.

Format as NTFS and install

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