How to run Android-x86 4.2 iso on VM VirtualBox?

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hasanghaforian picture hasanghaforian · Apr 25, 2013 · Viewed 71.7k times · Source

I want to use Android-x86 to test and debug my App.I tried other versions of Android-x86 before successfully,but there is an erroe in about android-x86-4.2.So I ask my question here because it may be happen for others:

I installed oracle VM virtualBox on Win7 32-Bit,then I downloaded android-x86-4.2-20121225.iso from Android-x86 - Porting Android to x86.After I installed Android x86-4.2 on VirtualBox from iso and creating fake SD Card for it,I tried to run it,but when I started it I saw these lines in console:

Detecting Android-x86... found at /dev/sda1

ANDROID root@x86:/ #

And no thing else,even I waited more than 20 minutes and nothing happen!I tried that some times but result is the same.How I can solve this problem?

Answer

hasanghaforian picture hasanghaforian · Apr 25, 2013

I asked same question in superuser and I found the way to start it. The correct answer is:

From the install/live CD, you just need to change the value of "androidboot.hardware" parameter in the grub command from "Android_x86" to "x86". You can do this by pressing "Tab" in the boot menu or by editing "isolinux.cfg" file on the installation ISO Image.

If you installed Android-x86 on hard drive,you have to select desired boot option and press e to edit grub command.

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