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Installing Remix OS to Hard Drive or Virtual Machine without additional tools

Step 1: Preparing bootable USB drive or preparing virtual machine

For installing to a hard drive you need to create a bootable USB drive from the newest original Remix OS iso file. Version 2.0.403 (a very stable version working on many computers) you can still download at Fosshub.

If you do not want to install Unetbootin you could use Rufus 2.8 portable in case you are working with Windows. Linux users can use system commands documented here.

If you are setting up a virtual machine, the original Remix OS iso file will be used and connected as "optical drive".

- VirtualBox: New . . "Remix OS" - Linux - Ubuntu (64bit or 32bit) - Memory > 1024 MB - Network: bridged

- VMWare: New . . Custom .. Install OS later .. Linux - Ubuntu (64bit or 32bit) - Memory > 1024 MB - SATA disk - Network: bridged

After booting the computer using the prepared USB drive, or starting the virtual machine, the installation steps will be the same in all cases.

Step 2: Starting Installation

After opening the start menu you'll have to press the [Tab] key quickly (within 5 seconds) in order to be able to change the boot options.

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You'll have to change the boot options now to . . . INSTALL=1 DEBUG=

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If you are installing Remix OS in VirtualBox and you want to get a screen resolution other than 1024x768, you can change the boot options to e.g. . . . video=-16 UVESA_MODE=1200x900 INSTALL=1 DEBUG= (see link "Fix Android Screen Resolution in VirtualBox"). Warning: This is experimental. After Remix OS is running, you can adjust the resolution which you will get using the command "wm size" within the Remix OS root terminal. With <Alt F1> you can open the root terminal (see "Settings > Experimental features > Enable debug terminal console"). <Alt F7> will close the terminal.

Step 3: Creating an ext4 and a swap partition

Your virtual disk will not have any partitions. If your hard drive has partitions other than ext4 and swap, these partitions should be deleted first.

If you find partitions like (sda1 - ext4, sda2 - unknown, sda5 - swap) you can go on directly at step 4.

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Formatting boot partition

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A disk of 20 GB will show a size of about 20 * 1.024 * 1.024 * 1.024 = 21475 MB.

If you want to create a swap partition of size 3 GB (because you have 3 GB RAM), the size of the

first partition must be about 17 * 1.024 * 1.024 * 1.024 = 18248 MB

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Formatting logical partition which will contain the swap partition

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Step 4: Select and format partition to install Android-x86

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Step 5: Installation of Remix OS

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Step 6: Setting up Remix OS

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After the start of Android-x86 RemixOS will be initialized. Be patient - this can last up to 30 minutes (especially in virtual machines). You'll see "RemixOS" flashing a long time.

If your installation has been performed within a virtual machine you'll need "mouse integration" for the next steps.

In VirtualBox you have to click "Input > Mouse Integration". In VMWare there must be a similar command (try Ctrl + G).

You need to manually start and stop (Virtualbox: Right Ctrl key; VMWare: Crtl + Alt) the mouse integration, because there are no guest extensions for Remix OS yet.

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In version Remix OS 3 you will not be asked for the keyboard layout. You can change that later within the running system

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If you are installing Remix OS to a hard drive you'll be asked for your Wi-Fi password after the "User agreement".

After clicking "Start" you'll see the Remix OS desktop:

Step 7: Enable Google Play Store and Restart

Since version 2.0.403 you have to switch on "Enable debug terminal console" (Settings > Experimental features) in advance.

Enable Google Play Store by entering the root terminal by <Alt F1> and typing 5 command lines:

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Close the root terminal by <Alt F7>

Clicking the Remix OS start symbol (lower left corner) will show the Play Store icon. Do not click it - a Restart is needed now!

Don't forget removing the installation media before performing the restart

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Step 8: Sign on with your Google Account and install your apps

Clicking the Play Store icon after the restart will allow you to sign on with your Google account and install apps.

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Step 9: Update to the current version

An OTA update will only work for USB flash drive installations. But you can use an updated flash drive (or a flash drive containing the current version) for updating Remix OS which has been installed into an ext4 partition.

How to do that has been described in "Remix OS on Hard Drive or Virtual Machine - Installation and (OTA) Update".