Getting this to work requires a few additional steps that are not exactly obvious. So I figured to write this post. For this post I android x86 vmware workstation 10 free download the latest release Android 9.
Android x86 vmware workstation 10 free download you can see I had installed android earlier. Click Continue again. Then press Save. No need to change any of the advanced options. That brings you back to the settings. You can now boot your VM. It should come up with the following screen. With the arrow keys you can navigate on the options. The partition wizard wants to know if you want to create a Primary or a Logical Partition. Choose the default Primary and press return.
After that it asks how big that partition should be. It will default to the whole disk. Which is correct. We need to make the partition bootable in order to be able to start up. You are asked if you are sure as it is a potentially data destroying operation.
This is a new virtual machine, so yes we are sure. We do not need system read-write so keep it read only. The installer will android x86 vmware workstation 10 free download all the files to your virtual disk and once that completes, the following screen appears. Android is now installed on your virtual disk. Let it boot. Save your changes in vi by pressing the Escape key, the type the letters :wq which should save your changes to the menu. From here it is a matter of following normal Android steps except for the network settings.
Now that you are here. It has been designed for making your life easier to get good backups of android x86 vmware workstation 10 free download VMs. Wil van Antwerpen March 1, You will get the following screen: Drag your downloaded. The create a new virtual machine wizard As you can see I had installed android earlier.
Make partition bootable We need to make the partition bootable in order to be able to start up. Select new partition Once we have a partition, we can select it. Create ext4 file system Our partition needs a file system, select ext4 and continue. Write out ext4 file system Yep, format as ext4, Select Yes and continue.
Select Yes and continue. Copy the installation files to the VM keep system read only We do not need system read-write so keep it read only. Grub boot menu options Android is now installed on your virtual disk. But it can be fixed. Booted into debug Let it boot. Android 9 in a VM All the steps above have been reported to work equally well in Workstation Professional More info at our main page.
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