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[cwhuang]

The Android-x86 project is glad to announce a new daily build
for public testing. A live cd iso and usb image are available
from the site:

http://code.google.c.../downloads/list

In addition to the features available in previous release v0.9,
the new build contains

* Donut (Android 2.0) based.
* Wifi support with GUI configuration.
* New disk installer, supports ext3/ext2/ntfs/fat32 filesystems.
* Hotplug for loading firmware.
* Enable most device drivers as modules, auto detection works better.
* Keyboard support improvement, external USB keyboard works.
* Graceful shutdown by pressing power button.

Released Files
Live CD iso: eeepc-20090820.iso
sha1sum 1e1b89cd95b3110a03ad1f34056c62b74c7eca79

Compressed live USB image: eeepc_usb-20090820.img.gz
sha1sum fcb0909436bf68dc3e35d6c41d92ff434a42a492

As uaual, the source code is available in our git server:

$ repo init -u git://git.android-x86.org/android-x86/platform/manifest.git
$ repo sync
$ make iso_img usb_img TARGET_PRODUCT=eeepc

The Android-x86 project is aimed to provide a complete solution
for Android on x86 platforms.
Currently we use ASUS Eee PC as the reference platform.
However, the work should be easy to port to other x86 platform.
Test reports (success or fail) are welcome.

--
Android-x86 project
http://android-x86.org

[Von Floppy]

Installed the iso using unetbootin on usb stick on a 7014G. Wifi works! Lost the icon that had the 'E' on it.

Couldn't get an external usb keyboard working though. Had a macally keyboard and my lenovo keyboard. The caps lock key would light up but that was all.

Power button does indeed let you shutdown, yay! It 'chugs' a bit drawing all those shutdown boxes but once it shuts down, it shuts down quick.

Boot time from select the boot in unetbootin selector to the shell was 18 seconds and 35 seconds with all the graphics loaded.

The previous version, 14 seconds to the shell, 33 seconds with all the graphics loaded.

Looks like hardly any difference.

Might be able to do some real browsing tonight

[cwhuang]

Thanks for the quickly test.

For the keyboard issue, could you send me a logcat output?

Have you tried the installer? It would book quicker if you installed to harddisk. :)

[Von Floppy]

Heh, yeah I know about getting a better boot time but I'm not complaining. I'm actually quite impressed because these sticks I have are slow even though they say its 16MB/s read and 5MB/s write. They aren't even that.

Heres what logcat says after plugging in the keyboard:
E/EventHub( 2343): could not open /dev/input/event9, Permission denied

[N7XSQ]

Thanks for the checksums.
You should make them available on the download site.

Steve

[barrieluv]

Running live on the 900 (Celeron/Atheros wireless) from eeepc-20090820.iso on a USB stick created with Unetbootin.
The only real problem is that wireless doesn't come back after the OS goes into hibernate (screen goes black, press any key to get it back).

Is there any way of getting screenshots?

[urra901109]

wifi are so slow. anyone experience this or it is just me...

i run it live from my flash drive...

Edited by urra901109, 22 August 2009 - 07:50 AM.

[cwhuang]

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Is there any way of getting screenshots?

Use adb + ddms, tools from Android SDK.
Please read SDK documents for details.

[cwhuang]

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You should make them available on the download site.
Steve

Which download site do you mean?
As said, it is downloadable from google code project:
http://code.google.c.../downloads/list

[marox]

i tryed "Froyo-eeepc-20101015.iso Froyo-x86 iso for Eee PC livecd froyo"

1 very nice, and very fast at internet browsing but only with ethernet.
2 wi fi find my modem but it can't connect, acquiring ip address and..... nothing.
3 the market is different from the original but you can find a lot of application like dolphin browser
4 it's a froyo release so i think that is possible to install flash 10.1 by a sd card
5 set the timeout to never or your pc will go to sleep mode

overall it's a good OS

[poan]

I tryed "Froyo-eeepc-20101015.iso Istallation on USB-stick,using "universal USB installer.
eee702 boots, it runs. I've problems with the timeout but it might be solved. WiFi works fine on one of three available nets I have. USB-mouse / Mousepad is extreamly slow in some occassions.
What I would like to have is a persistent installation on an USBstick or SD-card, so I can save my settings, for permanent use and evaluation.
I've no experience with unetbootin, so I might try that.
P-O

[poan]

Tested with other installer. The same result.
Will tets to make a normal install on a SD or SDHC card.
P-O

[M4t3us]

Well my boss had the sad Idea that we should start equipping all netbooks, which we recieve without an OS, with Android as the OS. Guess who was put in charge... your's truly here.

After much debating and telling him it was a bad idea, he still insists claiming that if the Toshiba AC100 sells like crazy (which it does, they sold out after just a couple of weeks at our store, must be the NVidia sticker) then equipping the other eye sores we have in storage with Android will help us get rid of them and maybe make a profit...

So you can see my predicament here... Whiney notes of desperation aside, are those x86 ports the only available Android OS's? Does anyone know where I can find the AC100 OS to download, if it's even been provided for free download? Is there a team out there dedicated into turning Android on a x86 plataform into an actual, usable, every day OS?

Thanks!

[TechyTed]

I just ran across this yesterday. There is a fairly active Android x86 group on Google.

http://groups.google...6?lnk=srg&hl=en

[ch0mik]

http://www.androidx8.../downloads.html i have an eeepc edition @ 701A - works fine.

P.

[lordnordeth]

Anyone had any luck running it on a 2G Surf?