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Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One

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On 2015-07-04 8:53 PM, Norm X wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This message is X-posted to alt.comp.hardware & comp.mobile.android.
>
> My Acer Aspire One netbook no longer boots. In one case I blame
> Microsoft. I used update on my Win7 partition and now, no matter what I
> do, I end up with a blue screen. In another case, I messed up the
> drivers on the WinXP partition. I had graduated to a faster SDXC card
> and I tried to remove an unwanted device driver and I was not careful.
> It is the same story for the WinXP partition, blue screen.
>
> My 2008 Acer Aspire One is a nice piece of hardware: three USB ports,
> two SD ports, Ethernet, a 600x1024 screen & an Intel Atom CPU. It now
> has 1.5 GB RAM installed. It originally came with an 8 GB Intel Z-P230
> SSD system drive that was sadly deficient. I have replaced that with a
> nominally 32 GB SuperTalent SSD, that is pretty solid. That much storage
> allowed me to partition and dual boot WinXP and Win7.
>
> Now that Windows only gives a blue screen, wisdom dictates that I keep
> the hardware and throw away Windows. I have a couple of different Linux
> that boot from partitions on an external USB HHD, but Linux is not the
> answer. Like Windows, I think Android thrives on an internal system drive.
>
> Readers comments on installing Android on my x86 Acer netbook are most
> welcome. I know that x86 versions of Android are out there but I am
> hoping for some high numbers like KitKat 4.4, or whatever.
>
> Help me please with an ISO URL.

As is my habit, I am going to answer this myself since I did not get a 
good answer from the news groups.

I downloaded android-x86-4.4-r2.iso from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/
(android-x86-4.4-r3.iso) is now the current release.
One needs to accept a little trial and error for this project.
I installed Android 4.4 onto a low profile 8GB Sandisk Cruzer fit USB 
flash. Grub offers four boot selections, one of which support my VGA HD 
monitor. Android 4.4 is very crisp and clean in appearance on an HD 
monitor. Android 4.4 recognizes and reads the file systems on my exFAT 
SDHC card and my external USB HDD. It runs well with 1.5 GB RAM 
installed and I have not come close to using all memory. After some 
error, I selected 2045 MB user storage and now I have a lot of room for 
apps from Google Play. The HP printer plugin connects to my wireless 
inkjet printer.
According to claims, Android 4.3 started to support TRIM for SSD storage 
so maybe this install will last many years.
In conclusion, Android-x86 can restore spark into an old Acer Aspire One.

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Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-07-04 20:53 -0700
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Big_Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-07-05 07:40 -0400
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 20:47 +0100
    Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-05 20:18 +0000
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:39 +0100
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-07-07 15:17 -0700
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-05 21:58 +0200
    Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:10 +0100
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-05 20:25 +0000
        Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 22:02 +0100
          Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-06 18:37 +0000
            Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-06 20:24 +0100
              Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-06 21:42 +0000
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-05 22:27 +0200
        Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 22:02 +0100
          Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-06 19:43 +0200
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Ammammata <ammammata@tiscalinet.it> - 2015-07-07 07:03 +0000
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-09-06 17:08 -0700

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