[Remix OS for PC] XDantheManX:
Want to have Android on your PC?

Looking to dual-boot alongside 64-bit Windows?

Want to increase internal storage beyond the maximum 8GB allocated by the Remix OS Beta PC installer?

Want to turn Android into an everyday replacement for Windows? Want to mount your internal hard disk drives and network shares?

Look no further for the ultimate guide!

After poring through countless threads, I managed to put together a working and rooted system of Remix OS, dual-booting alongside my UEFI Windows 10 setup for my own use, with storage space more than the maximum of 8GB (if installed via the Windows installer).

Below are the steps for how to install, dual-boot, root and mount 64-bit Remix OS 2.0 Beta on an ext4 partition.

SHRINKING/CREATING A PARTITION FOR REMIX OS

1. Open "Disk Management" in Windows.

2. Right-click on your system drive's primary partition (usually C, the largest-volume partition) and select "Shrink Volume". Set the desired new size for your system partition by subtracting your desired partition size for Remix OS. Mine is 20GB.

3. Wait and when you're done, right-click on the Unallocated Space. Select "New Volume" and format it to FAT32.

1. INSTALL REMIX OS ON EXT4 PARTITION

1. Download Remix OS (I am using the 64-bit version) here.

2. Install it onto a USB drive using the installer executable.

3. Boot the USB drive using your motherboard's UEFI boot menu.

4. Press "Tab", then "e" with "Resident Mode" highlighted. Press the down arrow button to go down two lines. Hit space at the end of the line before "initrd" and press "space". Type "INSTALL=0" (in caps, without quotes at the end of the line).

5. Press "Ctrl+X" to run the installer.

6. Select the partition which you just created (a "vfat" partition, usually the last number in the hard disk) and would like to install Remix OS on.

7. Format it to "ext4" partition when prompted to do so (ext4 partition will use up all the available space for the data while fat32 will require you to create a "data.img" file of specified size). Select "Yes" when prompted to create GRUB and GRUB2 EFI bootloader, and when asked for a system-write image.

8. Boot into Remix OS Beta after installation is complete and go through the first start settings until you reach the home screen. Don't mess around too much here first. There are more things to configure.

2. ROOTING REMIX OS

1. Download Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit version here.

2. Install it onto a USB drive using Rufus.

3. Boot the USB drive using your motherboard's UEFI boot menu.

4. Download "remixroot.zip" from this post. Save the file in your Downloads folder.

5. Open File Manager and mount your ext4 partition (should be named "Android-x86") by clicking on it. Its contents should appear.

6. Open a Terminal Window. Type the following commands:

cd Downloads
sudo unzip remixroot.zip -d "/media/mint/Android-x86/android-2016-03-01"
cd /media/mint/Android-x86/android-2016-03-01
sudo sh remixroot.sh

7. If there are no error messages, shutdown Linux Mint.

3. DUAL-BOOT REMIX OS with WINDOWS

1. Boot into Windows.

2. Download Grub2Win

3. Install it by executing Setup.bat.

4. Open Grub2Win.exe for the first time and click on "Manage EFI Partition Modules. Ensure that the Grub2Win EFI Modules are installed. Set Grub2Win as the default EFI boot loader. Close Grub2Win.

5. Download and paste this grub.cfg in the directory where you installed Grub2Win.

6. Append (hd0,5) to the partition (hard disk, partition number) where you installed Remix OS.

7. Save grub.cfg. Open Grub2Win again and click on "Manage Boot Menu" to check if the settings are correct.

4. UPDATING SUPERSU BINARY

1. Boot into Remix OS Beta by restarting your computer. The Grub2Win EFI boot loader should appear with 2 options. Select "Remix OS".

2. Download the Google Play Services installer from here.

3. Install the Google Play Services downloader, download the package and reboot Remix OS when prompted.

4. Setup your Google Account for the Google Play Store.

5. Update "SuperSU" (if available) and download "Root Checker" to check for Root Access. A SuperSU prompt should be displayed.

6. Update SuperSU binary after launching SuperSU and reboot.

5. MOUNTING INTERNAL HDD

1. Download Paragon Mounter here.

2. Grant the application root access when prompted. It should automatically mount your NTFS system drives.

3. You may access them by opening File Explorer and navigating to "Storage>My Remix>Paragon_NTFS_X" for each partition.

That's all. Hope this guide has been of use. Give a thanks and like my site's Facebook page if you have found this guide helpful. I quite like Remix OS and think feel that Android can be quite a viable replacement for Windows, especially those who tend to browse the net and watch YouTube videos more. After all, we do use Android on our phones on a daily basis already.