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Thanks for that help on your VMWare settings.
They seem echoed in the tutorials below that I will try next.
I got a *lot* further with your help.
Now Android runs, but the mouse doesn't work yet inside of Android on
Windows. But other than that - it's looking good.
I followed this tutorial with the exceptions noted below:
http://www.wikigain.com/install-andr...on-virtualbox/
To add to our combined tribal knowledge, here is my log file.
1. Download, install & configure VirtualBox (tutorial separately found)
a. Find the latest stable version:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...EST-STABLE.TXT
(5.1.30)
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.30/
b. Download the latest stable ISO:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...118389-Win.exe
c. Download the latest stable guest additions:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...ons_5.1.30.iso
2. Download the latest Android X86 32-bit ISO file (usually less than 1GB)
https://www.fosshub.com/Android-x86....86-7.1-rc2.iso
3. Setting up the VirtualBox VM may be tricky - here's what I tried:
Name: Android-7-nougat-32b
Type: Linux
Version: Other Linux (32-bit)
Next
4. Memory size: 2048MB
Next
5. Create a virtual hard disk now.
Create
6. VDI(VirtualBox Disk Image)
Next
7. Dynamically allocated
Next
8. Virtual hard disk size: 8.00GB
Note: This has to be big enough to hold the Android system,
plus your apps and your app data.
Create
9. Change the number of CPUs from 1 to 2 CPUs:
Right click on "Android-7-nougat-32b" and select "Settings"
System Processor tab 2 CPU
OK
10. Change the display memory from 16MB to 128MB.
Right click on "Android-7-nougat-32b" and select "Settings"
Display Screen tab 128MB
OK
11. Point to the Android vdi file you created:
Right click on "Android-7-nougat-32b" and select "Settings"
Storage Tree Controller: IDE - (aka remove)
Storage Tree + Add IDE Controller Choose existing disk.
This PC Local Disk (C
Users username VirtualBox VMs
Android-7-nougat-32b Android-7-nougat-32b.vdi
Open
12. Remove the CD
Click on the "+CD" icon next to "Controller:IDE" in the Storage Tree
Select "Leave Empty" when it asks "would you like to choose a virtual
optical disk to put in the drive or leave it empty for now?)
13. Select the "Empty" CD icon inside of "Storage Tree"
Change the Attributes from "IDE Primary Sloave to "IDE Secondary Master"
and then click on the CD icon to "Choose Virtual Optical Disk File..."
and navigate to your Android iso file "android-x86-7.1-rc2.iso"
Open
OK
14. Select the "Android-7-nougat-32b" and press the green-arrow "Start" button.
15. Choose the "Installation" option when you see a screen saying:
Selection choice:
Live CD - Run Android-X86 without installation
Live CD - VESA mode
Live CD - Debug mode
Installation - Install Android-X86 to harddisk --- Choose this option!
16. Choose to "Create/Modify partitions" when you see the screen:
Choose Partition
Please select a partition to install Android-x86:
Create/Modify partitions --- Choose this option!
OK
17. Do you want to use GPT?
No Enter
18. Create new partition from free space.
New Enter
Primary Enter
Size (in MB): 8587.19 Enter
Bootable Enter
Check the flags say it's bootable.
Name=sda1, Flags=Boot Part, Type=Primary, FS Type=Linux, Size(MB)=8587.20
Write Enter
yes Enter
quit Enter
19. Now you're back to the "Choose Partition" screen.
Select the "sda1 unknown VBOX HARDDISK" partition and press Enter
That pops up a "Choose filesystem" box asking:
Please select a filesystem to format sda1
Do not format
ext4 --- select this
ntfs
fat32
Press Enter and then "Yes" to format.
20. When you are asked want to install Grub Bootloader,
select YES and hit enter from your keyboard.
21. For system directory as read-write select Yes and hit enter
22. I didn't need this step...
Then go to the Devices menu and select "Optical Drives" and
then "Choose disk image..." and then "Remove disk from virtual drive".
Force Unmount
23. Then press "Reboot" when you see the "Congratulations" menu:
Congratulations!
Android-x86 is installed successfully
Run Android-x86
Reboot --- I selected this
http://www.wikigain.com/install-andr...on-virtualbox/
At this point, I get a blue Android setup screen asking me to choose the
language, but the Windows mouse doesn't yet put a cursor inside the Android
window except for the menus on the VM window.
So that's all I need to debug now.