Comments on: How to Install Remix OS on VirtualBox?

By: Faiz Orz

Faiz Orz — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 08:30:14 +0000

In reply to guest. I don't have a bright idea, but it seems that it will show in file manager app. You can also transfer into a USB drive partitioned Exfat or Fat32 from your windows then use it on the android via USB Drive.

By: guest

guest — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:47:17 +0000

Hi, can you tell me how I can use shard folder with windows? The folders are set up as usual, but I can’t find them in Android…
Tanks you so much!

By: Faiz Orz

Faiz Orz — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 06:23:28 +0000

In reply to Greg Byrom. Thanks for sharing your feedback dear with us. Soon I will update the article again.

By: Greg Byrom

Greg Byrom — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 03:07:05 +0000

This seems the better method: https://gist.github.com/cs8425/7315d86a273e57a988245345df68a4f9

By: Greg Byrom

Greg Byrom — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 03:03:53 +0000

Hi Guys, this is not a problem with space, it’s a fundamental problem with how Remix is installed. My guess is you chose resident mode for the install, but Resident mode simply runs directly from the ISO file which is effectively a virtual CD-ROM. Resident mode is a little bit useless unless running directly on native hardware (i.e. not in Virtualbox), because it tried to use the virtual CD-ROM drive to write the Remix settings etc. which you have asked it to do (store your settings, etc). This it cannot do because CD-ROMs are not writeable. You would haver to run Remix from a physical USB stick in virtualbox instead, rather than from the virtual CD-ROM file. This can be done but it’s not in the instructions.

As for guest mode, that would be where it will run correctly right off the ISO file, so this is the better way to do it.

However, it should be noted that these methods DO NOT utilise the hard disk you created in Virtualbox AT ALL. There is absolutely no point in this part of the instructions since nothing ever gets installed on that virtual 16GB hard disk you created. Ideally, you don’t want to run Remix off the USB stick OR the ISO file, you want to run it from your hard disk, or in this case the Virtualbox virtual hard disk. But Remix doesn’t include an installation option for doing that so unless you google around to find someone who’s done it, or build a completely new ISO file from scratch, you cannot run Remix in this way. It seems crazy to me that the Remix developers didn’t provide any hard disk installation options such as Ubuntu or standard Android-X86 both provide.

By: John Rose

John Rose — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 12:05:39 +0000

I’ve now set 3D Acceleration. Still same result.

By: Mukhtar Jafari

Mukhtar Jafari — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 08:23:51 +0000

In reply to John Rose. Navigate to Settings>Display>Screen tab> Enable 3D Acceleration

By: John Rose

John Rose — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:46:58 +0000

Thanks for your reply. I did 16GB for storage, dynamically allocated as your article instructsw. How much is needed? Also, I don’t see where to enable 3D Acceleration in VirtualBox: in Settings Acceleration, there are only options for None, Default, Legacy, Minimal, Hyper-V, KVM.

By: Faiz Orz

Faiz Orz — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:25:54 +0000

In reply to John Rose. Seems that you don't have enough space for the VM to be created and you have missed any step. Try again step by step carefully, also enable 3D acceleration.

By: John Rose

John Rose — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:18:59 +0000

I’m using Ubuntu 16.04 with VirtualBox 5.0.32 and kernel 4.4.0.59. I used Remix_OS_for_PC_Android_M_64bit_B2016101201.iso. After step 14, I get 2 strange messages: ‘intel_rapl: no valid rapl domains found in package.. cannot detect package: System may fail to bootup. To continue press Enter’ and ‘Not enough space to create data partition. Unable to use persistent mode. To continue press enter.’. I pressed Enter in reply to both messages. RemixOS was then displayed on screen as per step 15: however, no further displays even when left overnight. Any ideas?