Android always projected its open source nature in many ways. On Android, you can mod your icons, themes, boot logo as well as even set up custom ROMs at your will. We have seen much advancement past years like Multi ROMs as well as even running few Linux distros on Android.
Android even handled to run early versions of Windows 95 as well as Windows XP, though it was lagging as well as inefficient it did well. just a few days back XDA member ycavan came with fantastic development. He handled to run Windows 7 on his Asus Zenfone 2 with the Intel-based processor. The nature of the Intel Atom’s design ensures that the OS runs at near-native speeds.
In his post, ycavan outlines every step needed for the installation, the gist of which is that interested Zenfone 2 individuals must unlock their bootloader, flash a specific kernel, partition their SD card as well as run a hold of terminal commands, upon completion of which, the Windows installation will begin in a online machine. The installation process is bit complex however nothing to worry, today we will present you the easiest guide to run Windows on your Asus Zenfone 2
Prerequisites
Download KVM enabled kernel from here.
Install complying with apps from the Play Store.
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Any Windows ISO picture data (Windows 7/8/8.1)
Optional
A decent sized SDcard of 128GB.
Install SDcard partitioner from Play Store.
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Procedure
Flash the 2.19 kernel.img utilizing fastboot or with custom healing as well as reboot.
Start terminal Emulator
Type su (For superuser permissions)
Grant superuser permissions when prompted. (Select Always)
Type Ismod as well as confirm kvm.ko as well as kvm-intel.ko are active. If they are not active use; insmod /lib/modules/kvm.ko and insmod /lib/modules/kvm-intel.ko to activate them
Exit the terminal Emulator completely.
Use Linux Deploy to set up your preferred Linux distro. only utilize SSH, you won’t requirement framebuffer or X access. This might take upwards of half an hour. (Light Linux distros are suggested like alphaOS)
After Linux Deploy has installed your Linux distro, click begin to begin up the chroot.
Use an SSH client to link to your Linux distro. VX ConnectBot is suggested as you won’t be PC dependable to boot every time.
Use the bundle manager to set up qemu-kvm for your distro. most Debian & Ubuntu distros utilize apt-get, pacman, as well as other command lines.
It is suggest producing a shell script to begin up qemu-kvm since it can be a agonizing to keep in mind all of the switches alike.
qemu-system-x86_64 -full-screen -m 1G -enable-kvm -cpu hold \
-drive file=/mnt/0/machine1.img,format=raw -boot menu=on \
–usbdevice tablet -smp 4 -vga qxl -monitor stdio -balloon virtio \
-soundhw hda -net nic,model=virtio \
-net user,smb=/mnt/MicroSD \
-spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing $@
8. Your script data must look like this
#!/bin/bash
qemu-system-x86_64 -full-screen -m 1G -enable-kvm -cpu hold \
-drive file=/mnt/0/machine1.img,format=raw -boot menu=on \
–usbdevice tablet -smp 4 -vga qxl -monitor stdio -balloon virtio \
-soundhw hda -net nic,model=virtio \
-net user,smb=/mnt/MicroSD \
-spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing $@
Use chmod +x start_win7.sh to make it executable
9. Start up the qemu-kvm online machine referencing the place of your windows 7 set up cd
./start_win7.sh -cdrom /mnt/MicroSD/Vcd/en_windows7.iso
10. Qemu will begin up as well as then show you this:
QEMU 2.3.0 screen – type ‘help’ for more information
(qemu)
11. begin up aSPICE.
12. Click the OFF button to the left of show advanced settings and Make sure allow noise is checked.
13. The default connection is 127.0.0.1:5900, so on seeing this tap Connect.
Now the genuine magic begins. You will see Windows loading. Hurrah !
Windows 8 on Asus Zenfone 2
The installation of drivers as well as parting SDcard are omitted from this guide to make this guide simple. Anyhow if you have queries regarding drivers do reach us with comments below. Don’t fail to remember to share your experiences with Windows on you Asus Zenfone 2.