[Watford] Android on PC & Mounting disks

[M Fernandes]

Errmmmm... Regarding mounting disks... can anyone help me move on (with the
install that is!)? Many thanks Mike

On 1 June 2012 22:46, Alan Secker <alansecker0 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Apropos of nothing, I have PCLinuxOS (Full Monty) running on my 20GB EEE
> PC901.
> Although I had replaced the wireless module with a Gigabyte job to get
> more welly.
> Runs a treat.
> I used a plug in USB DVD drive to handle the install.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
> On 06/01/2012 06:55 PM, Cliff.G3NDC wrote:
>
>  Thanks Toby, nice to hear from you again.
> I am trying to get Android to run on an Asus EeePC 900, albeit modified
> with a 64GB SSD.
> I have followed the steps you describe and just can't get it to work.
> Having read reports on the Internet which suggest that I am not alone with
> this problem, and knowing that the members of the LUG had played with this
> subject I thought it was worth asking the question.
> Since I don't know what I am doing wrong I was rather hoping someone out
> there might have a bootable CD or Memory stick that I could beg or buy.
> With 64GB there are plenty of OS which would run on the EeePC 900 but I
> want to try Android.
> I could always drive over and pick up a Disk or Stick?
> Cheers Cliff
>
>
>
>    ------------------------------
> *From:* Toby Deans <plumocelot at gmail.com> <plumocelot at gmail.com>
> *To:* watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> *Sent:* Friday, 1 June 2012, 17:13
> *Subject:* [Watford] Android on PC & Mounting disks
>
> Hello Clive,
>
>
> http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/how-to-run-android-on-your-pc-914621
> http://code.google.com/p/live-android/
> http://www.android-x86.org/
>
> I did have Android running happily on an old ASUS eee netbook - The
> Android-x86 project was initially branched off to get Android on the
> Ausus machines and I have not kept up to date with how well things
> will work on other hardware.
>
> What is the spec. of the machine you want to run it on? Is it Intel or
> AMD chipset?
>
> If you are trying to run a live install then make a live boot USB key
> with Unetbootin:
> http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
>
> Run unetbootin and point to your downloaded .iso image for Android and
> give it a few minutes to write to the USB key.
>
> As much as I like Android and it is good to experiment, if you want a
> lightweight cloud based OS have you looked at something like
> Peppermint, Puppy or Damn Small Linux?
> http://peppermintos.com/
>
> I'd consider Android if you have a small netbook that has restricted
> storage.
>
> Your other option is to run Android as a virtual machine from within
> another Linux distro if it is just a case of wanting to experiment
> with it.
>
> Toby
>
>
>
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