Related to this: I have not tried Win10XPE, but Macrium's recovery media works fine (mounted as a CD-ROM again.) I have a nice collection of isos now so I'm going to stop
@FrozenCow can we add files to blank image created without the help of pc? i.e. only on the android device itself
Hi everybody... Is there any patched kernel for my sm-g928f. I can't find it over internet. Or I need to build kernel myself? Everything that I found is this -> https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/samsung-s6-edge-kernel-building-help-drivedroid-support.4151281/
go to settings -> image directories and a) copy your image to this directory or b) add folder containing your image
Download the txt file and ensure it's in your /Download (internal storage) folder. Then download the app Termux from google play store, open the app, type su and the app will ask for superuser permission, grant the permission and type sh /sdcard/Download/mountr.txt
Working for me on lake with Android 11.
i tried running this and the terminal returns
Code:
/config/usb_gadget/g1/configs/b.1/f1: no such file or directory
/config/usb_gadget/g1/configs/b.1/f2: no such file or directoryEdit:
my pc is able to see the blank image i created after running that command despite the errors. however, it shows two portable devices in the device manager. one is the image and the other is my phone. the file explorer lists them as Moto X4 and Moto X4 (E
. this is farther than i've ever gotten with getting drivedroid to work on this device, it works flawlessly on my LG G3
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Try typing "cd /" without quotes and then the command again.
output
Code:
rm: /config/usb_gadget/g1/configs/b.1/f1: no such file or directory
rm: /config/usb_gadget/g1/configs/b.1/f2: no such file or directory
ln: cannot create symbolic link from '/config/usb_gadget/g1/functions/mtp.gs0' to '/config/usb_gadget/g1/configs/b.1/f1/mtp.gs0': Operation not permittedSame output for me After running once, just keep trying again till no errors output (except for the 'rm' ones). works great for me running linux images, i didn't test blank images tho. I have no idea about the 2 devices problem, i had that problem with another device despite the Android Version was compatible(8.1 and 9.0).
doesnt seem to work at all now. really wish ums support wasn't such a mess. at least my lg g3 works perfectly for now
This project EOL?
I modified original app, working LOS18.1 external SD. If moderator allows, i upload publik stuff.
I modified original app, working LOS18.1 external SD. If moderator allows, i upload publik stuff.
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I dunno if this project is dead or not but I'm very interested in trying out your mod
On My Android 10 this app works fine if i get an iso file and mount it but it fails to create blank image of whatever size i choose it says formatting failed even if i don't choose it to format. The file size goes to filesize i entered and then it turns to 0B image.
drivedroid is only usable for USB flashdrive emulation, CDROM however is kernel dependent, you may even need to patch your android kernel to accept 2gig ISOs for it to work properly. Not to mention of the kernel limitation of not being able to properly emulate a DVD drive which is basically essential on most ISO files now a days due to UFD extension (which majority of OS, specially Linux dont support in CDROM mode).
so with this limitations
- you cant mount any ISOs larger than 2GB in filesize
- you cant mount any ISOs that is using UFD extension
for the actual testing, yep there's a issue when mounting ISO files in UDF format and when you open it, allyou can see is a single text file containing
but you can actually just make it work if you do unplug/plug back the USB cable multiple times. dumb I know but that fixes it (sometimes), and even if you manage to make the Windows ISO boot from UEFI/BIOS, it will just complain with the drivers or something, which just means that the CDROM emulation went kaput again with the UDF limitation (the unplug/replug USB fix dont work here) so your basically SOL.
tl;dr, Vanilla Windows ISO dont work
but there's a workaround, all you have to do is convert the ISO file from UDF extension into Joliet, with this, the iso file will recognized as a CDROM supported filesystem. but there's a nasty limitation for this, which is the 4GB limit filesize. damn. but luckily install.wim files can be splitted into several parts (this is only a issue on windows 10 and later) and this workaround works just fine. Was able to boot the Windows ISO files (7,8.x,10,11) with a ISO converted from UDF to Joliet and installed the OS successfully.
tl;dr Joliet converted Windows ISO files works just fine
so with this limitations
- you cant mount any ISOs larger than 2GB in filesize
- you cant mount any ISOs that is using UFD extension
for the actual testing, yep there's a issue when mounting ISO files in UDF format and when you open it, allyou can see is a single text file containing
but you can actually just make it work if you do unplug/plug back the USB cable multiple times. dumb I know but that fixes it (sometimes), and even if you manage to make the Windows ISO boot from UEFI/BIOS, it will just complain with the drivers or something, which just means that the CDROM emulation went kaput again with the UDF limitation (the unplug/replug USB fix dont work here) so your basically SOL.
tl;dr, Vanilla Windows ISO dont work
but there's a workaround, all you have to do is convert the ISO file from UDF extension into Joliet, with this, the iso file will recognized as a CDROM supported filesystem. but there's a nasty limitation for this, which is the 4GB limit filesize. damn. but luckily install.wim files can be splitted into several parts (this is only a issue on windows 10 and later) and this workaround works just fine. Was able to boot the Windows ISO files (7,8.x,10,11) with a ISO converted from UDF to Joliet and installed the OS successfully.
tl;dr Joliet converted Windows ISO files works just fine
2GB limitation kernel patch can be easily found at github , 2GB ISO image support is not a problem any more with a patched kernel .
UFD extension with 2GB limitation can also be solved with another kernel patch , refer to this :https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-usb/patch/[email protected]/
, but at the same time the kernel does not support ordinary CDFS ISO image.
and you can also refer to my kernel patch files for oneplus 7 pro (android 11) and redmi4 prime(android 7.1) :https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xb5FoqcLMcqnvgJ626AEyIknTrjtSn96?usp=sharing
I have tested both of 2 phones , and the patched kernels works fine .
I wish if anyone could step a little further to give us a kernel patch which support both cdfs and udf ISO image .
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241DriveDroid allows you to boot your PC from ISO/IMG files stored on your phone. This is ideal for trying Linux distributions or always having a rescue-system on the go... without the need to burn different CDs or USB pendrives. The paid version of DriveDroid does not include ads and helps the developer.
DriveDroid also includes a convenient download menu where you can download USB-images of a number of operating systems from your phone.
You can also create USB-images which allows you to have a blank USB-drive where you can store files in. Another possibility is to use tools on your PC to make a bootable USB-drive out of the blank image that DriveDroid created.
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After that join the beta of either DriveDroid (Free) or DriveDroid (Paid)
Distrowatch image repository
If you are missing a certain distribution or want more images available in the download list, you can add download repositories. At the moment I have made a repository for Distrowatch. These images are not officially supported, so they might not work for CD or USB booting.
Go to DriveDroids preferences, under "Image repositories" and add the following URL: http://softwarebakery.com/apps/drivedroid/repositories/distrowatch.json
USB Mass Storage (UMS)
DriveDroid relies on the kernel of Android, in particular the USB Mass Storage (UMS) feature. It allows your phone to act as an USB-drive and have a device (SDcard) or file (ISO/IMG) be used as the content for that emulated drive.
Different Android devices implement this feature differently. Most modern devices do not have UMS enabled by default, but it is supported by the kernel. I've added a option to DriveDroid to change the USB-mode for devices that do not support UMS by default, but no guarantees. I'm getting very mixed reports of devices working and not.
I need all the help I can get to fix this problem. Hopefully we can figure out some method to enable UMS in a stable way.
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This is just to notify you that you have to convert non-hybrid ISOs by writing the ISO to the emulated USB-drive. You can get a blank emulated USB-drive by creating a blank image through DriveDroids + menu.
Tutorials
Since some popular uses are not available out-of-the-box, I've written a few tutorials on my website that handle some of those uses:
Using Rufus to burn any ISO to DriveDroid *Recommended*
Windows installation on DriveDroid
Install Hirens Boot CD on DriveDroid (download the pre-built Hirens Boot CD image here)
Shrinking images on Linux to save space on your phone
USB-drive and CD-drive emulation
These two modes allow your phone to act as an USB-drive or as an CD-drive. Most devices only support USB-drive emulation. Some devices only support CD-drive emulation. To get both USB-drive as well as CD-drive emulation on your phone you need a patched kernel (see below).
With USB-drive emulation it is possible to boot IMG files and most Linux-based ISO. It also allows you to write to the disk, which allows you to create data-disks as well as install an OS onto the USB drive. The downside of this mode is that some ISOs will not boot, since those ISOs are created for CD-drives.
With CD-rom emulation it is possible to boot all CD-based ISOs.
So, having both USB-drive emulation as well as CD-rom emulation is preferable.
Some roms with a range of supported devices have patch reviewing systems in place where I periodically submit patches to new devices. You can check what kernels have the right patches in their patch review system. To know which kernel your device is using, check out this list to see kernels are used by what devices.
CyanogenMod: supported kernels
SlimRoms: supported kernels
CarbonROM: supported kernels
aicp-rom: supported kernels
Nameless-ROM: supported kernels
Other custom kernels that have the right CD-rom patches applied are:
Dorimanx Kernel 8.33 on stock and AOSP/CM roms for the Samsung Galaxy S II (I9100)
Dorimanx Kernel 9.33 on AOSP/CM roms for the Samsung Galaxy S II (I9100)
CyanCore Kernel v2.8.6 by ts1506 for the Samsung Galaxy S (I9000)
BMS Kernel by GideonX for Samsung Galaxy S3 Sprint (d2spr)
BMS Kernel by GideonX for Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T (d2att)
BMS Kernel by GideonX for Samsung Galaxy S3 Verizon (d2vzw/d2usc)
Patched stock kernel by porear for Samsung Galaxy S3 T-Mobile
GearKernel 1.0.4 and higher for Samsung Captivate
GearKernel 1.0.4 and higher for Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and i9000B
GearKernel 1.0.4 and higher for Samsung Vibrant
DooMKernel for Xperia Z
DooMKernel for Xperia Z1
Devil2 kernel for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (GT-N7100)
X-NOTE Leonardo Edition for Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N9005)
ThunderZap for Xperia L
ShinTo for Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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AEL kernel for Samsung Note 3 by friedrich420
FIRE-ICE kernel for Nexus 9 by USBhost
ElementalX for Nexus 5 (hammerhead)
Kangaroo Kernel for HTC One
WR-Kernel for Wiko Rainbow
Unikernel for Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge
CleanSlate for HTC 10
If this list is missing any rom/kernel that has the feature, please contact me.
If your favorite kernel is not supporting this feature, direct the kernel developer to this section.
If you know your way around kernel code and patching, you can get the patches here:
Patch to allow applications (like DriveDroid) to switch between USB and CD-mode
Patch to fix booting from the emulated CD-rom drive (only needed for Android 2.x kernels)7For anyone interested in installing Windows, UBCD, Hirens or whatever, I've found a new tool for Windows that works easy, fast and is opensource, called Rufus. I've written another tutorial on how to use it with DriveDroid (though it doesn't differ much from the other tutorials):
http://softwarebakery.com/using-rufus-to-create-bootable-usb-images6Hi,
Now there's a dedicated topic. :good: The place to give a bit of feed-back.
As I already said there, congrats for this idea and most of all, well made and user friendly. Thanks, mate.
It worked with no problem with the Samsung GS3 i9300 on WanamLite JB MB5 v6.2 with Wanam's Adam kernel v1.2 (I don't really know what Wanam cooked there but it works fine) that is MTP/PTP. Note that when DriveDroid's UMS is enabled, both check-boxes in the regular S3 USB panel have no marks (can normaly have only one checked, never none unchecked).
Other people may please confirm if it works on Galaxy S3 i9300 with stock or other custom kernels.
Less surprisingly, it works fine with Samsung GS2 i9100 on (WanamLite JB LSE v14.3) since it always had Mass Storage Transfer, afaik (but I'm not sure), actually on Wanam's v14.3 it has.
Working on pure CD format (like Daemon Tools for Windows or any Virtual CD mount system) would be top notch —TonyHoyle has cooked a kernel patch to enable virtual CD support, there's an idea to dig, Apple dmg should follow.
But for the moment with what is given, creating own disc ISO to fill with whatever you need later on a computer, is really fine. Polishing the angle to reach v1.0.6
Yes, check whether the image has a partition table usually gives a very accurate indication that the disk is hybrid. To do this (under Linux) use the command:
Code:$ fdisk -l myimage.iso
It'll show some info about the disk, but also a partition (usually that partition is marked as being NTFS/FAT, but I think that is part of the trick to make it work on both CD and disk). If it shows no partitions at all you know it probably isn't a hybrid disk.
For Linux distributions that are build on a recent version on syslinux you can use the tool 'isohybrid' like this:
It'll convert the iso so that it is hybrid. For all other ISOs (that are not build on syslinux) you can you the methods described for that OS to burn it to a USB drive. First create an image in DriveDroid, select the image so that it shows up on your PC as a USB disk, next use the OS-specific tools to burn the iso to the (emulated) disk. It'll be stored on the IMG you made.Code:$ isohybrid myimage.iso
You can try this on the official ISO of SliTaz 4 (so not the image form DriveDroids downloadlist). The devs forgot to make version 4 of their OS hybrid, but it does rely on syslinux, so it's possible to convert it using isohybrid. I've done this and put the converted ISO on my server, so that the hybrid-ISO is available in the downloadlist (I've only done this for SliTaz because it is so small and awesome).
If you see that a distro is convertable with isohybrid you should contact those devs. Some of them do not realize that this option is available or what the advantage is. When they distribute their ISO as a hybrid one I can put their distro on DriveDroids downloadlist too.
Ah, well, DriveDroid should show a CD icon next to the USB and locked-USB icons when selecting an image. At the moment only CyanogenMod nightly builds for the i9000 (kernel is named android_kernel_samsung_aries)
Thanks!
Question to all: if you have applied the patches on their kernel, please post it here so others can try it. As far as I know no-one has put such a kernel/rom online yet, except for CyanogenMod nightly for the Samsung Galaxy S.
Add "Disable ADB (Android Debugging)" to those instructions. It seems that's the final thing I need to add to DriveDroid to make it work for a lot of people. I've had several reports some Nexus devices stopped working because I fixed DriveDroid to allow ADB (previous versions just disabled ADB without consent). Some devices work with ADB running too (like my phone), but some just won't boot (although they do show up as USB devices on their OS).Got it working. Awesome work dev. Here's a small step by step instructions for those who were noobs like me.
Download slitaz from within the app
Select slitaz iso.
Select S3C1 and F Mass Storage 1
Also enable Usb storage.
Reboot system.
Do the thing with your boot procedure.
And voila, (I hope)
