User:Th3userscene/Tips for booting old OSes

For most OSes and hypervisors you just select the OS, configure your VM, add the ISO and install the OS, but some require extra setup. Unless stated otherwise instructions are for VirtualBox. Please note that this is what worked for me.

But first, a bit of history

This page started off as "Tips for booting old OSes in VirtualBox" on my DistroWiki account. After I added the Remix OS tip I decided to make it not exclusive to VirtualBox.

Later, DistroWiki launched it's Documents section, where I moved this page. Around the time it switched to its own domain I split off the Google TV guide, which eventually turned into a generic pre-2017 Android emulator guide.

Since DistroWiki has shut down I don't have the later versions of this document, so this version is based on an earlier version.

Enough talking, let's get to the tips.

Gobuntu 7.10 (and probably regular Ubuntu 7.10 too)

Set up as Linux 2.6/3.x/4.x instead of Ubuntu. Using Ubuntu seems to get the setup wizard stuck at a "kernel alive" screen.

This does not work with 8.04. If you really want to get 8.04 in VirtualBox you can do a CLI install, but it doesn't have a GUI.

Remix OS, via Remix OS Player

Disconnect internet before starting Remix OS Player for the first time to finish setup. When internet is active during setup, a "Jide Setup Wizard is not responding" message seems to be shown after the "Setup complete" screen. As a side effect you won't have an internet connection in Remix OS, even after connecting internet on the host machine.

Android-x86

This guide (the original has been taken down), best viewed with an ad/tracking blocker, worked for me.

Google TV (2010), with the Android Emulator

See this guide on a subpage of my account. It can also be used to get other old Android SDK emulator images to work. However, it requires running the emulator in another VM, unless you have a physical computer that's old enough.