You can use it to backup large files onto CDsDVDs.
It's also useful if either you or the recipient has a spotty internet connection: if the connection fails, you won't have to do the whole upload download again. This works when you want to use only free services to send large files.
In addition, having the ability to run Android virtually, provides an added advantage for those who do not want to dedicate a computer for this purpose.HJ-Split can work with really large files too: over 100GB in size. You will have pretty much all the functionality of an Android phone except for the ability to make calls and the price tag. If you want to try before you buy, Live Android is the perfect solution for you.
On the main VirtualBox Screen, click on “Start” to begin booting from our Android LiveCD.
Then browse, select the Live Android ISO file you just joined and click “ Open” to mount it.īack on the “Settings” screen, click “Ok” to finish. On the section on the right click on the “ CD icon” and select “ Choose virtual CD/DVD disk file“. Then, in the middle section, select the “ Empty” CD-ROM. On the left hand side of the “Settings” screen, click on “ Storage“. Now, back on the main VirtualBox window, select your virtual machine and click on “ Settings“. Click “ Next” and click “ Continue” on the confirmation message that will pop up.Ĭlick “ Finish” to create the Virtual Machine. Since we are not going to be installing anything to our virtual machine, uncheck “Boot Hard Disk” this way the virtual machine will boot from our Android LiveCD. Set the memory to about 500mb, which is more than enough. Since Android is made for smartphones, it needs very little memory to run. However, any operating system you choose for the VM will do, since you will be booting the VM with Android which is a separate operating system anyways. I also set the operating system to “Other”. This will bring up the “ Create New Virtual Machine” wizard. Note: If you have one already created you can skip this part, and go to the next section “Booting from Android Live”.
If you do not have one already created, you can create a VM without allocating any hard drive space. VirtualBox does not allow you to run an ISO file unless you have a virtual machine created.
The command will join the files into one single file called “ liveandroidv0.3.iso“. Open a terminal window, go to the location containing the two Android files to be joined and issue the following command: cat liveandroidv0.3.iso.001 liveandroidv0.3.iso.002 > liveandroidv0.3.iso Make sure both files to be joined are on the same directory. HJSplit will automatically find the second file and join them creating a file with the name “ liveandroidv0.3.iso”. Click on “ Input File” and select the first file of the image, which is “ liveandroidv0.3.iso.001“.
Joining Android LiveCD Files in Window s and Macĭownload and install HJSplit we are going to be using this program to join the two Android files and make the LiveCD (HJSplit works on Windows, Linux and Mac). They are located on the column on the left hand side of the page (take a look at the picture below) Go to the Live Android page and download the two files named: liveandroidv0.3.iso.001 and liveandroidv0.3.iso.002. The liveCD comes split into two parts, which are fortunately easy to join. In order to run the Android operating system on our PCs we are going to download “ Live Android“ a version of Android which has been modified to run as a liveCD.