Can we directly boot remix os in ubuntu....

[anuramach...@gmail.com]

I have ubuntu 14.04 in my comp 

now i wanna try remix os can i directly boot it or........should i use virtual box

[Jimmy Remix]

I'm not an expert however I found several ways to do this on YouTube.  Recommend you search YouTube and find the latest example.  It worked for me.  I don't still have the link.

[penguin1...@yahoo.com]

Hi,

I am a Linux user too, but not Ubuntu. The easy and safe way to dualboot with Remix OS with Linux is to extract the Remix OS .iso file. Rename the folder of extracted Remix OS .iso to 'RemixOS', make sure that the 'kernel', 'system.img', 'initrd.img' and 'ramdisk.img' files are inside that folder, not in a folder inside that folder. Then, move the 'RemixOS' folder to a partition with ext4 or ext3 filesystem (I have tried with btrfs and xfs and it was stuck on 'Detecting android-x86' when booting Remix OS). After you put it on a ext4 partition, create a folder called 'data'. Then edit '/etc/grub.d/40_custom' file as root with the following:

menuentry 'Remix OS (Android-x86)' --class android-x86 {
search --file --no-floppy --set=root /RemixOS/kernel
linuxefi /RemixOS/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 androidboot.selinux=permissive quiet DATA=/RemixOS/data/ SRC=/RemixOS
initrdefi /RemixOS/initrd.img
}

Note that I am using a UEFI system. If you are running legacy BIOS/MBR system, change 'linuxefi' and 'initrdefi' to 'linux' and 'initrd'. Tell me if it doesn't work. I will guide you.

After you save that file, run 'sudo update-grub' command. Then you can boot to Remix OS.

[optio...@gmail.com]

hi,

what kind of distro did you run for this tutorial? i'm elementary os freya user. i have read and tried similar tutorial on http://technoklenik.blogspot.co.id/2016/03/how-to-install-and-dualboot-remix-os.html , but i face the problem when i do 

Open files manager under root privilege, on terminal type "sudo nautilus"

and appear warning 

sudo: nautilus: command not found

please tell me how could i install remix os on elementary os?

best regards

[penguin1...@yahoo.com]

I am using openSUSE with KDE Plasma 5 Desktop Environment.

According to this blog post, http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2015/02/open-as-root-elemtary-os-freya/, you should open file manager as root with

gksudo pantheon-files

Note that openSUSE's command for updating grub is not 'sudo update-grub', but 'sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg'. So, it could be different per distro you use. You can read it on your distro wiki page, I think. ;)

[Paraquat]

Thank you Penguin1 for the suggestions on how to install RemixOS from Linux. Your method worked. The only thing I might add is a suggestion on how to extract files from the RemixOS iso file...easiest way is to use the p7zip utility.

If you don't have it installed already, then on Ubuntu or Debian, then:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

It's available for other distros too. Put your iso file into a directory of your choice, and extract files thus:

7z x iso_file.iso

In one of the forums, a Fedora user claimed that you must use this syntax (Fedora-only?):

7za x iso_file.iso

I can't confirm that since I don't have Fedora installed.

[penguin1...@yahoo.com]

Pada Sabtu, 04 Juni 2016 14.35.35 UTC+7, Paraquat menulis:

Thank you Penguin1 for the suggestions on how to install RemixOS from Linux. Your method worked. The only thing I might add is a suggestion on how to extract files from the RemixOS iso file...easiest way is to use the p7zip utility.

Great! 

If you don't have it installed already, then on Ubuntu or Debian, then:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

It's available for other distros too. Put your iso file into a directory of your choice, and extract files thus:

7z x iso_file.iso

In one of the forums, a Fedora user claimed that you must use this syntax (Fedora-only?):

7za x iso_file.iso

I can't confirm that since I don't have Fedora installed.

Yes, I already have that package installed. And once installed, it is integrated into our GUI archive manager, in my case I have Ark. So, if you have Ark or any other GUI archive manager, and you open an archive that needs p7zip, it will automatically use p7zip.

[djsgel...@gmail.com]

Hi everyone

I'm having some trouble using the above method. Just a question. Do you use the 64 bit or the 32 bit version of the ISO?

[penguin1...@yahoo.com]

Pada Selasa, 07 Juni 2016 09.16.29 UTC+7, djsgel...@gmail.com menulis:

Hi everyone

I'm having some trouble using the above method. Just a question. Do you use the 64 bit or the 32 bit version of the ISO?

I am using 64bit version. If you see the line with 'androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64', that's indicating that I am using 64bit version of Remix OS. 

[djsgel...@gmail.com]

Great. I'll try the 64 version. I've tried it before, but I just get to a blinking cursor and no loading screen. Some other people suggest that it is graphic card incompatibility and I do have a hybrid (nvidia and inter hd) graphics card. I'm going to try your menu entry as is, and if I still have an issue, I will go down the graphic card path.

I'll let you know what happens.

[penguin1...@yahoo.com]

Pada Selasa, 07 Juni 2016 12.35.13 UTC+7, djsgel...@gmail.com menulis:

Great. I'll try the 64 version. I've tried it before, but I just get to a blinking cursor and no loading screen. Some other people suggest that it is graphic card incompatibility and I do have a hybrid (nvidia and inter hd) graphics card. I'm going to try your menu entry as is, and if I still have an issue, I will go down the graphic card path.

Yeah, I think your problem is with your hybrid graphic cards. 

I'll let you know what happens.

Great. 

[delusionaldoctor]

Hey David,

Elementary OS may not necessarily use the nautilus file manager like Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions use. Open your operating systems equivalent of a task manager or system monitor and look for any new processes that appear when you open the file explorer. If you are lucky enough to have a system monitor that includes application icons then that would aid your search. Otherwise google search "command for Elementary OS file manager"

[djsgel...@gmail.com]

So turns out it was nvidia optimus' fault. I got the kernel mode settin on Arch's wiki page. I added the following to my 40_custom file: "nomodeset i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0"

For reference I got that here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting

[penguin1...@yahoo.com]

Pada Selasa, 07 Juni 2016 21.07.26 UTC+7, djsgel...@gmail.com menulis:

So turns out it was nvidia optimus' fault. I got the kernel mode settin on Arch's wiki page. I added the following to my 40_custom file: "nomodeset i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0"

For reference I got that here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting

That's mean you disable all. Maybe you better use 'i915.modeset=1' or i965.modeset=1' to prefer use Intel card, or 'i915.modeset=0' or 'i965.modeset=0' to disable Intel, or 'nouveau.modeset=1' to prefer use Nvidia card, or 'nouveau.modeset=0' to disable Nvidia card. Don't entry all of them, just one of them, and without 'nomodeset'. Then see which one works. If you get more than one work, then you will see which one is better in video performance. You can choose then.

Good luck!