Yes, Android can boot to VirtualBox... but you need a patch that
wasn't accepted in m/master. I've been told that Froyo will be fixing
the problem in another way.
You can, however, pull the patch from:
https://review.source.android.com/#change,14429
Rather than getting an image that will boot Android, you can build an
"installer_vdi" (make target). Create a virtual machine, add a 2GB or
larger primary IDE drive and add this installer.vdi as the secondary
IDE. F12 to the boot menu and boot the installer from the secondary
IDE.
-Bruce
On May 29, 7:35 am, Doug Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey gang, first time poster :).
>
> There hasn't been much talk about running Android in VirtualBox in this
> group lately. But I saw the kernel_config_VirtualBox and thought I'd give it
> a try. I'm using the new VirtualBox 3.2. After adding the AHCI SATA driver
> to the config and building my kernel (android-2.6.32 branch). I was able to
> successfully run the installer.vdi and install into my main virtual disk.
>
> However when starting that up, I see the regular Linux boot messages fly by
> and then it fires up with a black screen and all disk and network activity
> stops. I'm not sure how to get any information out of the VM at that point.
> I can poke around in the installer after it's finished. I did notice that
> there were no fb devices, but that may be a red herring since the GUI
> doesn't try to come up in that mode.
>
> Has anyone been able to get this work lately or am I on untrodden ground.
>
> Thanks,
> Doug.
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