Just like any other OS, Android can be installed on your PC. In past we’ve shown How to Install Android on PC, Netbook, Install Android 2.0 in VMWare, Virtualbox, install Android on iPhone. Now its time to install Android 2.2 Froyo on PC dualboot with windows/Linux.
Installing Android Froyo on PC
Note: Steps of installation are essentially the same whether you are installing Natively or Virtualize in VMWare, Virtualbox.
Pre-requisite: Download VM ISO Image, Other Native installation downloads
Note for Vmware/ VirtualBox installation (ignore if installing Natively): Change your virtual disk type to be IDE because the default type in VMware is SCSI, and Android-x86 kernel is not configured to support SCSI. Here’s how to create new VM in VMWare:
- Create a virtual machine.
- Edit virtual machine settings after the virtual machine created.
- Choose the hard disk and remove it.
- Add a hard disk to create a new virtual disk, then you can choose IDE as your virtual disk type.
- When finished, you can install android-x86 normally.
Installation