Disable mouse integration from the “Input” menu.It will ask for the initial setup, just like a tablet or regular smartphone, after the reboot is completed.Ī few oddities may appear while trying to set up Android.

If not done, we will end up booting from the ISO again, instead of the hard disk.

Select “Remove disk from virtual drive”.

Right-click the CD icon in the status bar after the installation completes.

It will take a few minutes to complete the installation.

Select “Yes” to install the /system partition as read-write.

Select “No” to skip installing the EFI version of GRUB.

Select “Yes” to install the boot loader GRUB.

Select the partition where Android-x86 should be installed.

To quit the partition editor use the “Quit” option.

To save the changes, select the “Write” option.

Here, we installed an OS to the partition, thus making it bootable.

It will ask for the size of the partition.

Select the “New” option using the left/right arrow keys.

A text-based partition editing tool will be displayed.

Select the “Create/Modify partitions” option to create a partition to install Android.

Select the installation option by arrow key up/down, after the virtual machine boots up.

Press the key shown on the screen to boot from CD.

To add an ISO file, right-click on the CD icon in the status bar.

Press F12 when the virtual machine starts to boot, in case the above option is not shown.

Select the downloaded Android-x86 ISO file.

It will ask for an ISO file to boot from.

Double click on the virtual machine (power on).

A new virtual machine with the respective name will be created.

Choose a “Dynamic allocated” hard disk file.

Select “Create a virtual hard disk now”.

Operating system version: Linux 2.6/3.x/4.x (32-bit).

Provide a name to the virtual machine and use the below settings:.

A dialog box will appear asking for virtual machine details.

Create a virtual machine (VM) inside the VirtualBox.

Download Android-x86: Now, download the ISO file of Android-x86 that comes in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (圆4) variants.

First, download and install the VirtualBox on the computer. Being a full-blown operating system, Android-x86 requires VirtualBox to be installed to use Android-x86 alongside the existing OS.

Install VirtualBox: To run different operating systems on our existing Operating System, such as Mac, Linux, or Windows, the VirtualBox program is used.

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