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== Prepare installation media ==
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* SATA disk or USB Flash drive of at least 8GB should be used as installation media
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== Download Android-x68 ready-to-run image ==
* Download $ wget [http://fit-pc2.com/download/android-x86/android-x86-4.4-rc1.8GB.dd.gz Android-x86 4.4 RC1 image]
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* SATA disk or USB Flash drive of at least 8GB should be used as boot media
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* Download [http://fit-pc2.com/download/android-x86/android-x86-4.4-rc1.8GB.dd.gz Android-x86 4.4 RC1 image]
  
== Installation process ==
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== Prepare boot media on Linux ==
* Connect the storage device to the host PC
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* Connect the storage device to the Linux PC
* Assuming your storage device was detected as /dev/sdb write the image on it:
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* Open Terminal window
  $ gzip -dc android-x86-4.4-rc1.8GB.dd.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdb bs=1MB
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* Run this command to figure out what device name was assigned to your storage device:
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$ ls -all /dev/disk/by-id/
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* Assuming your storage device was detected as /dev/sdb, write the image on it:
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$ gzip -dc android-x86-4.4-rc1.8GB.dd.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdb bs=1MB
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* Notes:
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** The process takes about 10 minutes depending on your system and storage drive.
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** The process doesn't show progress bar, so be patient and do not interrupt it.
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== Welcome to Android-x86 4.4 ==
 
* Connect the storage device to the Intense PC and boot
 
* Connect the storage device to the Intense PC and boot
* Welcome to Android-x86 4.4: On first boot choose your language, google account, wf-fi setting etc
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* On first boot choose language, Google account, wireless setting, etc.

Latest revision as of 09:03, 9 March 2014

Download Android-x68 ready-to-run image

Prepare boot media on Linux

  • Connect the storage device to the Linux PC
  • Open Terminal window
  • Run this command to figure out what device name was assigned to your storage device:
$ ls -all /dev/disk/by-id/
  • Assuming your storage device was detected as /dev/sdb, write the image on it:
$ gzip -dc android-x86-4.4-rc1.8GB.dd.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdb bs=1MB
  • Notes:
    • The process takes about 10 minutes depending on your system and storage drive.
    • The process doesn't show progress bar, so be patient and do not interrupt it.

Welcome to Android-x86 4.4

  • Connect the storage device to the Intense PC and boot
  • On first boot choose language, Google account, wireless setting, etc.