Has anyone installed Phoenix OS v3.0.2.451 on an ext4 partition?
I installed it on a dual boot laptop yesterday, on a ext4 partition. I hadn't had time to check it out yet, only know that the default file manager don't see Linux partitions, but see only NTFS partitions. That's not a problem, as I keep most of my data on NTFS partitions, for both Linux and Windows to see (read/write) them.
This is an UEFI system.
It seems pretty snappy.
(I had both Remix OS and Phoenix OS quite sometime ago, but had removed them .)
Now on a MBR laptop, also on a ext4 partition...
Installed same version of POS on an ext4 partition of a MBR laptop. It has Debian Sid, few other Linuxes and older Windows 7 Home Basic in it. Works alright atm. Can't uninstall some Chinese only apps from Phoenix from both laptops. Its Stardust browser didn't want to work well in this, so installed Chrome from Play Store. But in the UEFI laptop, the Stardust browser worked quite well.
Installation was done manually in both laptops, the way it was done in the early days.
I find Phoenix OS 3.0.2...works better on a UEFI laptop. No idea why. In an MBR laptop, I can't highlight text in the web browser and copy, the mouse right click doesn't work. The right click doesn't work in the UEFI too, but text can be highlighted, especially in Opera, not in Stardust, nor in Chrome. Btw, Play Store is available.
Maybe I should write how I installed it in another thread?
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Hey all. I was wondering how to format/create my sdcard with 2 partitions one fat32 the other ext2 on a mac. I used the search engine but cannot find anything.
I'm not a terminal noob but I can't figure out how to format/create the 2 partitions. I need help because I want to move my data from the g1 to the sdcard.
Thanks!
Install this http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/ and then reboot and use the Disk Utility in /Applications/Utilities/
this will not format a ext2 partition, it only allows you to mount it, your best bet is to d/l GPARTED or of you have windows in parallels use Paragon Partition Manager... this will not work if your windows is in a bootcamp partition, the other option is to use a pc (sadly hu?)
If it helps, I actually used an ubuntu live cd and installed gparted while booted to the cd... of course, i had already made the sdcard fat32 in windows but gparted allowed me to resize and format the remainder in ext2.
I've used the ext2fsx tool to partition my SD card on my mac. I don't think I had any extra software installed, and I just used the Disk Utility...
I'm also having trouble creating a valid partition. I'm using gparted on an ubuntu live cd but the sdcard doesnt like being messed with.
What disklabel are you using? [Loop / msdos / bsd etc]?
I think i've tried every combination and haven't gotten anywhere.
Also, i've read that the card class makes a difference, is this right or does it only effect the speed of data transfer?
Any help would be much appreciated!!
.//Yamthief
after tryin to partition my sd, it went throught the steps then at the end it said restart needed, and after it restarted it started up in this safe mode type screen before vista loaded and said some error....did it partition the card? because when i look at properties of card it only says i have free space that is size of fat32....that i left...cant see if it made ext2
caleoss said:
after tryin to partition my sd, it went throught the steps then at the end it said restart needed, and after it restarted it started up in this safe mode type screen before vista loaded and said some error....did it partition the card? because when i look at properties of card it only says i have free space that is size of fat32....that i left...cant see if it made ext2
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Windows cannot see ext2 partition. your best but is to open partition manager or use a linux distro to see it.
i wish Paragon didn't exist, i have seen so many problems people have been having trying to use Paragon. if everyone just downloaded a linux distro it would work perfectly every time and we wouldn't have 15 threads about Paragon problems
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i wish Paragon didn't exist, i have seen so many problems people have been having trying to use Paragon. if everyone just downloaded a linux distro it would work perfectly every time and we wouldn't have 15 threads about Paragon problems
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i cant use that on windows vista can i?
download a linux distro and burn to a disk, then shut down your comp and reboot to the disk. then when you boot to linux click System>Administation>Partition editor. it's easier then trying to use paragon
tubaking182 said:
download a linux distro and burn to a disk, then shut down your comp and reboot to the disk. then when you boot to linux click System>Administation>Partition editor. it's easier then trying to use paragon
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i have no idea how to use that, where do i get it from, i have eclipse on my comp but dont think that has anything to do with this
nope go here i have a step by step. i will be adding screenshots, but i didn't have a chance today as i was trying to meet up with some guy to buy my phone(tilt)
Your best bet is to start clean. Delete all the partitions so your entire sd card is "unallocated space".
Create a new partition for Fat32. Don't use all free space (Duh)
Create another partition for ext3 (use ext2 if your rom doesn't support ext3 yet). Just use all the remaining space
Windows cannot see the ext partition but if you want to see the amount of space used just open up paragon partition manager and it will tell you.
I dont know if you fixed the problem yet, but I think I have a solution for you.
If you're trying to do this using the phone to mount the sd card, it won't work when it boots up to that safe mode looking window, because the g1 won't stay mounted. You need to use a card reader, there's no other way around it that I've been able to find.
Also if you're using 64bit edition of windows vista, paragon has tons of problems. If that's the case, you need to create the recovery cd within paragon, then boot to it, and you'll be able to make all the changes there, using a card reader of course.
To check if it made the partition, just have the sd card connected to the computer (g1 will work for this) then open up paragon and open the partition manager, and where you're sd card is there would be another partition, right next to your fat32 partition. If its ext2 format it would be highlighted yellow.
PPM9 works just fine, you just have to keep remounting the SDCard when Windows reboots. I've had it dismount during the boot too, you just have to watch your phone screen and remount it if it unmounts.
Alright...I have a bit of a project going on here. I have a Lenovo S10-3t convertible touch tablet/netbook that I am creating a multiboot scenario for.
To help cover all the details, here are my disks and my partition setup.
640GB HDD as the primary drive
32GB SDCard as the secondary drive.
Primary HDD has these partitions:
MBR PARTITION SCHEME
Partition 1: Windows 8 Pro 64-bit (492.33GB) NTFS, with Win 8 bootloader
Partition 2: Mac OS X Snow Leopard (79.28GB) HFS+ Journaled, with standalone mini-chameleon bootloader
Partition 3: Linux Mint 15 64-bit (23.28GB) EXT4 Journaled, with GRUB2 on this same partition
Partition 4 (in extended partition): Linux Swap (1.27GB) ...swap space
The SDCard has these partitions:
MBR PARTITION SCHEME
Partition 1: Dedicated to ReadyBoost (5GB) FAT32
Partition 2: Android x86 4.2.2 (24.84GB) EXT3, legacy GRUB SHOULD be in the MBR of this disk
I am using the Windows 8 graphical bootloader to manage everything, as it is a touch-screen tablet, and I like having the touch support for the bootloader. So I would PREFER to use it if possible.
I have currently added entries for OSX Snow Leopard and Linux Mint Olivia to the Windows 8 boot manager, and all three OSes chainload properly to their respective bootloaders and are happy with each other.
So...my question is this...is it possible to chainload the Legacy GRUB bootloader in the EXT3 partition on the SD Card that has Android on it with the Windows 8 Bootloader? And, if so, will you walk me through this process?
WHY am I doing this? There's a couple of reasons...as this is a touch screen tablet I would prefer the convenience of having an option to boot Android from the touch-enabled Windows 8 Boot Manager instead of having to fold the screen away from the keyboard, press FN+F11 and selecting the SD Card as the primary boot device every time I want to go into Android. I could have android on a fifth partition on my HDD, but one of the reasons for having Android on flash memory is BECAUSE I have a mechanical HDD, and I use Android if I'm actively moving the laptop around in a rough environment (say, walking or in a moving vehicle for example, and the HDD would be off since it isn't needed). I know I could use an SSD, but I prefer having a mechanical HDD in my laptop for my own reasons.
I am using a combination of VisualBCDEditor and EasyBCD, and I cannot get either to see or acknowledge the existence of the EXT3 partition on the SDCard (though they all see the EXT4 and HFS+ volumes on the primary HDD, and the FAT32 partition on the SDCard...)
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I'm almost sure that you are using EasyBCD, so just add NeoGRUB to Win8 Bootmenu, and configure it to set root to sdcard's proper partition and do a chainboot.
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EDIT: Nevermind, I screwed up on the boot arguments and figured out what the problem was (I used windows' notepad to copy the arguments as opposed to Notepad++, which actually respects linux's formatting). I'm able to successfully boot Android chainloading from the Windows 8 graphical bootloader, to NeoGrub, and allowing NeoGrub to boot directly into the kernel. I appreciate the help. I will leave my previous post for future searchers that need help in doing this as well.
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Yeah, I mention at the bottom of my post that I'm using a combination of EasyBCD and Visual BCD Editor. I followed your suggestion and added NeoGrub to the list, and opened the menu.lst config file for it.
I copied the majority of the contents of the menu.lst from the "grub" folder in Android x86's partition and pasted it into NeoGrub's menu.lst (editing the harddrive and partition to reflect what it should be, of course).
It sees the kernel and ramdisk images, begins to load them, and then goes into an infinite loop of spawning dots across my screen (I can tell from experience that this means it isn't loading properly and the kernel halted). It seems NeoGrub doesn't support the "special" arguments that need to be passed to the kernel (that passes properly with the legacy GRUB loader), so I guess I need to figure out how to chainload GRUB from NeoGrub now. Back to square one, essentially.
Here is the menu.lst for the existing legacy GRUB on Android's partition:
Code:
default=0
timeout=6
splashimage=/grub/android-x86.xpm.gz
root (hd0,1)
title Android-x86 4.2-test
kernel /android-4.2-test/kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 SRC=/android-4.2-test
initrd /android-4.2-test/initrd.img
title Android-x86 4.2-test (Debug mode)
kernel /android-4.2-test/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 DEBUG=1 SRC=/android-4.2-test
initrd /android-4.2-test/initrd.img
I notice in the JellyBean entry you have
Code:
acpi_sleep=s3_bios,s3_mode
I'm curious on what this and the "VGA=778" does. My "VGA" is set to -16 for whatever purpose it fulfills.
I'm assuming the acpi_sleep option allows the kernel to use the S3 sleep state for the hardware, like the same state other OSes use when you shut the lid? Currently all my Android install does is shut the screen off if I close the lid...and I'm fairly certain that's hardware-based anyway.
Since i used on My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 only EXT4 Formates Card and My Main OS is Linux.
I Prefer to use it on my Tablet too.
But i cant use those Cards on my Tablet since it says Not Supportet.
I Know there is ParagonNTFS but NTFS is Windows and not my Favorite.
Has Someone Found a Way to Patch the System to get EXT3 and/or EXT4 running.
Should'nt be hard since the Internal Card is Running on EXT4
And Yes my Tablet is Rooted because i Want to Put Isos for OS installations on the Card.
And the DriveDroid as Software to get the PC's Bootin from it.
Hey xda,
I'm trying to install phoenix OS as a standalone OS on my 64bit pc.
I followed every step from this thread, no exception: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ph...opment/problems-installing-phonix-os-t3681518
I'm 100% sure I did not miss any step, I tried it at least 5 times.
After installing phoenix I can chose "Run Phoenix OS" OR "Reboot".
When I chose to run phoenix after installing, it boots straight up, runs extremely well, quite impressive actually!
It boots without the bootable usb, and when going into settings --> storage , I can clearly see it's installed on my HDD (5xx GB free).
BUT, when I restart phoenix, it will just say "Missing OS". And there is no way to boot phoenix, the only way to boot it again is to reinstall phoenix using the bootable usb.
Thanks a lot in advance!
PS: before you ask: yep I created 2 partitions, one fat32, 350mb, flagged as boot and installed GRUB2 on it. The other one ext4 and installed phoenix to that.
And yes, my HDD is set as the first boot device in the bios.
I'm lost
EDIT: 32bit has the exact same issue
I think the problem is related to a limitation of your system, like the partition size or partition format (MBR, GPT, etc). Do you have EFI or BIOS? If you have EFI, I'd suggest that you try to use EFI GRUB2, no need for creating a partition for it, if the disk is partitioned correctly, you should have a hidden EFI partition... If it's not the case, please give more details about your system, it may help...