creating bootable remixOS/android MicroSD on Mac OS X or linux?

[faddah]

hi all,

i've gone over the wiki instructions for creating a bootble RemixOS/Android MicroSD drive.

it seems, from these instructions, the only way to create this release MicroSD is using the PhoenixCard software, and that software only works on the Windows platform, and i have no windows machine.

• is there any way to install the RemixOS/Android image without the Windows PhoenixCard software? Or is Windows with the Phoenix card the only way?
  
• is there another, equivalent app that does the same thing in Mac OS X or any flaovr of Linux (those are the platforms i have)?
  
• can it be done using Mac OS X/Linus 'dd' — i read ray hightower's quick start guide to pine64 with Mac OS X and attempted to try creating the RemixOS/Android image using those instructions with 'dd,' but the image i made on the MicroSD would not boot. is there another way to do this with 'dd' or some other app or command line utility?
  

please advise on this — thanks to all in advance.

best,

—  faddah
    portland, oregon, u.s.a.

[tllim]

hi all,

i've gone over the wiki instructions for creating a bootble RemixOS/Android MicroSD drive.

it seems, from these instructions, the only way to create this release MicroSD is using the PhoenixCard software, and that software only works on the Windows platform, and i have no windows machine.

• is there any way to install the RemixOS/Android image without the Windows PhoenixCard software? Or is Windows with the Phoenix card the only way?
  
• is there another, equivalent app that does the same thing in Mac OS X or any flaovr of Linux (those are the platforms i have)?
  
• can it be done using Mac OS X/Linus 'dd' — i read ray hightower's quick start guide to pine64 with Mac OS X and attempted to try creating the RemixOS/Android image using those instructions with 'dd,' but the image i made on the MicroSD would not boot. is there another way to do this with 'dd' or some other app or command line utility?
  

please advise on this — thanks to all in advance.

best,

—  faddah
    portland, oregon, u.s.a.

We will create the Remix and Android build image that can be dd by Linux or MacOS on this week.

[faddah]

We will create the Remix and Android build image that can be dd by Linux or MacOS on this week.

oh cool! this is great news. i'll keep checking here in the forums and on the software part of the wiki for when that may come out. thanx!

also, i may have found another possible solution i am looking into for *Nix OS systems. i will let you know if i find anything worth reporting.

best,

—  faddah
     portland, oregon, u.s.a.

[tllim]

faddah

We will create the Remix and Android build image that can be dd by Linux or MacOS on this week.

oh cool! this is great news. i'll keep checking here in the forums and on the software part of the wiki for when that may come out. thanx!

also, i may have found another possible solution i am looking into for *Nix OS systems. i will let you know if i find anything worth reporting.

best,

—  faddah
     portland, oregon, u.s.a.
Noted, we will "standardize" on DD way for Android, Remix and Linux image (longsleep's Arch and Ubuntu), create 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB images so that user can burn the microSD card from Windows, OSX, and Linux OS enviroment.
We will release the Phoenixcard image for users that interest to try out, especially burn on different microSD card capacity such as 64GB or 128GB.
Hopefully this method will reduce newbie installation issue.