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so heres the problem, I've been hard at work for months on end trying to get a windows x86 spec'd tablet ( Acer s1003) to run Android. I have an iso for Android x86 for the tablet and is the only install I have had any success with. the sucess is that it installs and can not boot. the installer iso I have has a partitioning "feature?" and I am unable to figure out how to make Android boot. the tablet is uefi based and 100% can not boot without a file named "bootia32.efi". oddly ubuntu distros are unable to be booted from within the bios. windows installations with the bootia32.uefi file loads and then crashes on all versions. android has been my only success oddly... any ideas on what I may have left out?

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make a new partition of about 100MB with the partition type "bios boot", and make another one for your OS

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2 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

make a new partition of about 100MB with the partition type "bios boot", and make another one for your OS

ill give that another try. im not the absolute best with Linux commands.

 

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12 minutes ago, ryan23523523 said:

ill give that another try. im not the absolute best with Linux commands.

 

i'm not either ;) 

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here are the issues now. issue is present without the Linux filesystem format.

 

 

UPDATE: got it to install, had to reboot with new partitions. issue now is still the uefi will not boot into android.

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Wont work on EFI boot natively.Maybe play around with first installing rEFInd first  and then chain loading it from there: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
EDIT: I know it wont EFI install properly because I've  tried on a handful of platforms, including: hardware, linux KVM, VMware, and Hyper-V. Never fails on legacy boot though.

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thanks ion. Ill give that a shot.

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Other option, run android in VM, there are several good android emulators out there, I use Nox to great effectiveness

 

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the iso I have boots perfectly fine on vmware, but no so much on the efi bios tablet...

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4 hours ago, ryan23523523 said:

the iso I have boots perfectly fine on vmware, but no so much on the efi bios tablet...

Try EFI mode in VMware. Do they still boot?

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