Re: [fedora-virt] Has anyone done Android?

[Ján ONDREJ (SAL)]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 09:16:07AM -0700, David Highley wrote:
>  "David Highley wrote:"
>  > 
>  > "=?utf-8?B?SsOhbiBPTkRSRUogKFNBTCk=?= wrote:"
>  > > 
>  > > Hello,
>  > > 
>  > >   I use android-x86-4.4-r1.iso in qemu. Just need to run SDL output using
>  > > this command:
>  > > 
>  > > qemu-kvm -m 1024 -soundhw es1370 -usb -usbdevice tablet \
>  > >   -show-cursor -display sdl \
>  > >   -hda ./android.img -cdrom android-x86-4.4-r1.iso
>  > > 
>  > > -show-cursor works only with SDL and without show-cursor you don't know,
>  > > where you mouse pointer is.
>  
>  I brought up android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso using Virtual Machine Manager.
>  Being fairly new to running virtual hosting I used defaults, except for
>  these changes:
>  - OS type Linux
>  - Vesion: Generic 2.6.25 or later..., need to select show all versions
>  - Boot Options, add IDE CDROM 1
>  - IDE CDROM 1 define Source path: <to android-x86-4.4-RC2.iso> 
Btw, R1 (which is newer than RC2) has been released.

>  - Add Hardware; Sound: ich6
>  
>  Maps, Play Books and Gallery do not work. Maps will run but not display
>  as noted before. Play Books and Gallery die immediately. Can read Google
>  mail and play music with Google music application. YouTube also seems to
>  work.
>  
>  Just wish there were away to save the image to disk so that added
>  applications and changes can be saved between boot ups. 
You can add an 4 GB HDD using virt-manager and install Android to this
image. Just select "Install" from ISO boot menu.
Then all settings will be permanent and you can install applications to
disk.

					SAL