Also they uses old Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) instead of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Hell, this will drop a lot of old hardware as not useable for Remix OS! Only a 32 bit Linux kernel will fit (but such a version isn't available for Remix OS). Unable to boot – please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU. This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. So I received the following message on my Atom based machine: They compiled a 64 bit Linux kernel into Remix OS 2.0. … but I haven't counted on the Remix OS developers. For a test you should select Guest Mode … The Android x86 boot screen offers a Guest Mode (Life system) and an option to install the OS on a drive. After booting from USB drive, the following Android x86 menu should be visible. has to be pressed, to select the boot media. In most cases a function key like F10, F11 etc. I've used this machine from time to time to test other Android x86 builds. My idea was to use an old Medion Akoya 1210 netbook with Atom CPU to boot Remix OS from USB drive.
Gotcha! You need a modern CPU, but Remix OS don't like UEFI! Then you are ready to test the Life system via USB boot.īTW: It should also be possible, to burn the ISO image in Windows 8.1 / 10 to a DVD and boot the life system from this medium. You can unmount the USB drive and remove it. After file transfer, the wizard reports success using this dialog box. It took a few minutes (I used an USB 2.0 thumb drive). Also the 8 GByte recommendation is "challenging" – the life system uses 2.3 Gbyte on the USB drive.Īfter confirming OK the wizard writes a life system to the destination drive and reports progress. Jiide recommends a 8 GByte USB 3.0 stick – but it's also possible to use an USB 2.0 thumb drive. Navigate via C:\users to your default user profile to find the right download folder (I mentioned, because many users are hidden by this pitfall).
Because the tool runs with administrator credentials, there is a small pitfall: If you've downloaded Remix OS under a default user account into your profiles download folder, take care to locate the right path to your default users profile (the USB tool sets up the path to the administrators profile). A wizard asks for the path to the ISO file and the USB disk drive.