How To Guide How To Install Windows Or Linux ISOs on your Android Devices - Windows 10 Nox Lab + Working Arm Distros for your phone using Termux

jenneh · Jan 31, 2023

So my android device doesn't have enough space for me to test a full build (with iso from scratch, could likely push a premade to it for testing or in a few days get a secondary storage option). So for now... Enter the emulators for premade building..

You may or may not know that Nox cannot run aarch64 qemu and at the time I did not know why. (I theorize now it is due to nox being android 9 and wsa 12, so firmware related, but don't Know) Fast forward a year later, WSA is running better and now is able to run termux and install qemu-aarch64 without failing to the sys-NDK package.

I'm using this version of wsa but I think you could do it on regular? Anywho. Since we don't have full system read and write, we need to install termux storage module to be able to access the downloads folder on the device with code.

The code used below was able to boot past the board, in fact on termux it sees the iso and prompts for you to press any key (i think we can mod these isos with MODWIN once we figure out how to use them properly.. lol. I know how to switch the efi binary on the disk to no prompt)

Code:

pkg install x11-repo
pkg upgrade
pkg install qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-utils libslirp
qemu-img create -f qcow2 win11.img 100G
termux-setup-storage
adb push win11arm.iso /sdcard/Download
adb push QEMU_EFI.fd /sdcard/Download

qemu-system-aarch64 -m 2048 -cpu cortex-a72 -smp 4 -M virt -nographic -bios storage/downloads/QEMU_EFI.fd -drive if=none,file=win11.img,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -netdev user,id=n0 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -cdrom storage/downloads/win11arm.iso

however it Will not show us window's lovely literal arm picture due to this: "-nographic" because I do not know how to add the right graphic "switch" is that right? We are close maybe someone can figure it out for us!! Still trying here

this builds us in the termux home directory for right now but that can be amended later just trying to get it to work

If anyone is able to expand upon this in any fashion please do so!

--edit just realized I can test on a phone now that I know how to do this without Root. So derp. Haha "termux-setup-storage" opens up the world

Here's the efi driver:

QEMU_EFI.fd

drive.google.com

Here's a copy of win11arm if anyone would like to help solve this problem!

win11arm.ISO

drive.google.com

If you download these from your device you can skip the adb code.

So we need the -display code now and i think the nic code is not right so that too. (-netdev user,id=n0)

here's every imaginable way to setup a GUI

GitHub - termux/termux-x11: Termux X11 add-on application. Still in early development.

Termux X11 add-on application. Still in early development. - GitHub - termux/termux-x11: Termux X11 add-on application. Still in early development.

github.com

Graphical Environment - Termux Wiki

wiki.termux.com

this guide here would bypass qemu all together i think? it installs full on linux debian with a beautiful and Prooven GUI

virglrenderer: Termux GPU hardware acceleration tutorial

🇹🇼 中文版 This article is about how to enable GPU hardware acceleration in Termux proot-distro by installing and running virgl server in Termux.

ivonblog.com

help for saving a file and exiting vim: https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-save-file-in-vim-quit-editor/
for helping seeing and selecting a local time zone https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-set-or-change-timezone-in-linux/
press the "i" key in vim to be able to remove the hashtag

Termux-UbuntuBox/README.md at main · RobertSzujo/Termux-UbuntuBox

Contribute to RobertSzujo/Termux-UbuntuBox development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

jenneh · Feb 2, 2023

Kali Linux Nethunter, ARM64 Termux Machine:

VERIFIED WORKING, NO ROOT NEEDED

This is how to install ARM Kali Linux in Termux with Kex Vnc.
This machine runs amazing on my Potato Nokia G20

Download the Termux apk for your device

https://f-droid.org/repo/com.termux_118.apk

Code:

pkg install x11-repo
pkg upgrade
pkg install wget

wget -O install-nethunter-termux https://offs.ec/2MceZWr
chmod +x install-nethunter-termux
./install-nethunter-termux

exit

In a browser on your android device, go to this link to download and install the "NetHunterStore"

https://store.nethunter.com/NetHunterStore.apk

Search in the app for "kex" and install.

Select Package Installer if prompted to

In termux setup kex:

Code:

nethunter kex passwd
nethunter kex

Then open the kex app and set the port (usually 5901) and it should boot

Thanks to David Bomball for sharing this

The PDF David shared if you have any issues

Android Kali NetHunter Install - v3.pdf

Shared with Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

The Android 12 Known issues:

[Bug]: Android 12 Phantom Processes Killed "[Process completed (signal 9) - press Enter]" · Issue #2366 · termux/termux-app

Edit: Check this comment for solution. Problem description I get a message saying [Process completed (signal 9) - press Enter] at, seemingly, random intervals. Once I press Enter, Termux closes. Th...

github.com

The problem is termux keeps getting forced closed out of no where only on Android 12. Trying to see if I can find a solution. This machine runs smooth as a dream.. just cannot get it to stay open long enough to dl the arm iso to it
If you are running anything less than 12 it is reported there are no issues.

From now on you can use:
nethunter kex

and then open the kex apk with port 1 to boot into a normal user machine. See below for Root.

Code:

#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash -e

VERSION=2020011601
BASE_URL=https://kali.download/nethunter-images/current/rootfs
USERNAME=kali



function unsupported_arch() {
    printf "${red}"
    echo "[*] Unsupported Architecture\n\n"
    printf "${reset}"
    exit
}

function ask() {
    # http://djm.me/ask
    while true; do

        if [ "${2:-}" = "Y" ]; then
            prompt="Y/n"
            default=Y
        elif [ "${2:-}" = "N" ]; then
            prompt="y/N"
            default=N
        else
            prompt="y/n"
            default=
        fi

        # Ask the question
        printf "${light_cyan}\n[?] "
        read -p "$1 [$prompt] " REPLY

        # Default?
        if [ -z "$REPLY" ]; then
            REPLY=$default
        fi

        printf "${reset}"

        # Check if the reply is valid
        case "$REPLY" in
            Y*|y*) return 0 ;;
            N*|n*) return 1 ;;
        esac
    done
}

function get_arch() {
    printf "${blue}[*] Checking device architecture ..."
    case $(getprop ro.product.cpu.abi) in
        arm64-v8a)
            SYS_ARCH=arm64
            ;;
        armeabi|armeabi-v7a)
            SYS_ARCH=armhf
            ;;
        *)
            unsupported_arch
            ;;
    esac
}

function set_strings() {
    echo \
    && echo ""
    ####
    if [[ ${SYS_ARCH} == "arm64" ]];
    then
        echo "[1] NetHunter ARM64 (full)"
        echo "[2] NetHunter ARM64 (minimal)"
        echo "[3] NetHunter ARM64 (nano)"
        read -p "Enter the image you want to install: " wimg
        if (( $wimg == "1" ));
        then
            wimg="full"
        elif (( $wimg == "2" ));
        then
            wimg="minimal"
        elif (( $wimg == "3" ));
        then
            wimg="nano"
        else
            wimg="full"
        fi
    elif [[ ${SYS_ARCH} == "armhf" ]];
    then
        echo "[1] NetHunter ARMhf (minimal)"
        echo "[2] NetHunter ARMhf (nano)"
        read -p "Enter the image you want to install: " wimg
        if (( $wimg == "1" ));
        then
            wimg="minimal"
        elif (( $wimg == "2" ));
        then
            wimg="nano"
        else
            wimg="minimal"
        fi
        else
        wimg="full"
    fi
    ####


    CHROOT=kali-${SYS_ARCH}
    IMAGE_NAME=kalifs-${SYS_ARCH}-${wimg}.tar.xz
    SHA_NAME=kalifs-${SYS_ARCH}-${wimg}.sha512sum
}   

function prepare_fs() {
    unset KEEP_CHROOT
    if [ -d ${CHROOT} ]; then
        if ask "Existing rootfs directory found. Delete and create a new one?" "N"; then
            rm -rf ${CHROOT}
        else
            KEEP_CHROOT=1
        fi
    fi
}

function cleanup() {
    if [ -f ${IMAGE_NAME} ]; then
        if ask "Delete downloaded rootfs file?" "N"; then
        if [ -f ${IMAGE_NAME} ]; then
                rm -f ${IMAGE_NAME}
        fi
        if [ -f ${SHA_NAME} ]; then
                rm -f ${SHA_NAME}
        fi
        fi
    fi
}

function check_dependencies() {
    printf "${blue}\n[*] Checking package dependencies...${reset}\n"
    ## Workaround for termux-app issue #1283 (https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/1283)
    ##apt update -y &> /dev/null
    apt-get update -y &> /dev/null || apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" dist-upgrade -y &> /dev/null

    for i in proot tar axel; do
        if [ -e $PREFIX/bin/$i ]; then
            echo "  $i is OK"
        else
            printf "Installing ${i}...\n"
            apt install -y $i || {
                printf "${red}ERROR: Failed to install packages.\n Exiting.\n${reset}"
            exit
            }
        fi
    done
    apt upgrade -y
}


function get_url() {
    ROOTFS_URL="${BASE_URL}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
    SHA_URL="${BASE_URL}/${SHA_NAME}"
}

function get_rootfs() {
    unset KEEP_IMAGE
    if [ -f ${IMAGE_NAME} ]; then
        if ask "Existing image file found. Delete and download a new one?" "N"; then
            rm -f ${IMAGE_NAME}
        else
            printf "${yellow}[!] Using existing rootfs archive${reset}\n"
            KEEP_IMAGE=1
            return
        fi
    fi
    printf "${blue}[*] Downloading rootfs...${reset}\n\n"
    get_url
    wget ${EXTRA_ARGS} --continue "${ROOTFS_URL}"
}

function get_sha() {
    if [ -z $KEEP_IMAGE ]; then
        printf "\n${blue}[*] Getting SHA ... ${reset}\n\n"
        get_url
        if [ -f ${SHA_NAME} ]; then
            rm -f ${SHA_NAME}
        fi
        wget ${EXTRA_ARGS} --continue "${SHA_URL}"
    fi
}

function verify_sha() {
    if [ -z $KEEP_IMAGE ]; then
        printf "\n${blue}[*] Verifying integrity of rootfs...${reset}\n\n"
        sha512sum -c $SHA_NAME || {
            printf "${red} Rootfs corrupted. Please run this installer again or download the file manually\n${reset}"
            exit 1
        }
    fi
}

function extract_rootfs() {
    if [ -z $KEEP_CHROOT ]; then
        printf "\n${blue}[*] Extracting rootfs... ${reset}\n\n"
        proot --link2symlink tar -xf $IMAGE_NAME 2> /dev/null || :
    else       
        printf "${yellow}[!] Using existing rootfs directory${reset}\n"
    fi
}


function create_launcher() {
    NH_LAUNCHER=${PREFIX}/bin/nethunter
    NH_SHORTCUT=${PREFIX}/bin/nh
    cat > $NH_LAUNCHER <<- EOF
#!/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash -e
cd \${HOME}
## termux-exec sets LD_PRELOAD so let's unset it before continuing
unset LD_PRELOAD
## Workaround for Libreoffice, also needs to bind a fake /proc/version
if [ ! -f $CHROOT/root/.version ]; then
    touch $CHROOT/root/.version
fi

## Default user is "kali"
user="$USERNAME"
home="/home/\$user"
start="sudo -u kali /bin/bash"

## NH can be launched as root with the "-r" cmd attribute
## Also check if user kali exists, if not start as root
if grep -q "kali" ${CHROOT}/etc/passwd; then
    KALIUSR="1";
else
    KALIUSR="0";
fi
if [[ \$KALIUSR == "0" || ("\$#" != "0" && ("\$1" == "-r" || "\$1" == "-R")) ]];then
    user="root"
    home="/\$user"
    start="/bin/bash --login"
    if [[ "\$#" != "0" && ("\$1" == "-r" || "\$1" == "-R") ]];then
        shift
    fi
fi

cmdline="proot \\
        --link2symlink \\
        -0 \\
        -r $CHROOT \\
        -b /dev \\
        -b /proc \\
        -b $CHROOT\$home:/dev/shm \\
        -w \$home \\
           /usr/bin/env -i \\
           HOME=\$home \\
           PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \\
           TERM=\$TERM \\
           LANG=C.UTF-8 \\
           \$start"

cmd="\[email protected]"
if [ "\$#" == "0" ];then
    exec \$cmdline
else
    \$cmdline -c "\$cmd"
fi
EOF

    chmod 700 $NH_LAUNCHER
    if [ -L ${NH_SHORTCUT} ]; then
        rm -f ${NH_SHORTCUT}
    fi
    if [ ! -f ${NH_SHORTCUT} ]; then
        ln -s ${NH_LAUNCHER} ${NH_SHORTCUT} >/dev/null
    fi
  
}

function create_kex_launcher() {
    KEX_LAUNCHER=${CHROOT}/usr/bin/kex
    cat > $KEX_LAUNCHER <<- EOF
#!/bin/bash

function start-kex() {
    if [ ! -f ~/.vnc/passwd ]; then
        passwd-kex
    fi
    USR=\$(whoami)
    if [ \$USR == "root" ]; then
        SCREEN=":2"
    else
        SCREEN=":1"
    fi
    export HOME=\${HOME}; export USER=\${USR}; LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 nohup vncserver \$SCREEN >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
    starting_kex=1
    return 0
}

function stop-kex() {
    vncserver -kill :1 | sed s/"Xtigervnc"/"NetHunter KeX"/
    vncserver -kill :2 | sed s/"Xtigervnc"/"NetHunter KeX"/
    return $?
}

function passwd-kex() {
    vncpasswd
    return $?
}

function status-kex() {
    sessions=\$(vncserver -list | sed s/"TigerVNC"/"NetHunter KeX"/)
    if [[ \$sessions == *"590"* ]]; then
        printf "\n\${sessions}\n"
        printf "\nYou can use the KeX client to connect to any of these displays.\n\n"
    else
        if [ ! -z \$starting_kex ]; then
            printf '\nError starting the KeX server.\nPlease try "nethunter kex kill" or restart your termux session and try again.\n\n'
        fi
    fi
    return 0
}

function kill-kex() {
    pkill Xtigervnc
    return \$?
}

case \$1 in
    start)
        start-kex
        ;;
    stop)
        stop-kex
        ;;
    status)
        status-kex
        ;;
    passwd)
        passwd-kex
        ;;
    kill)
        kill-kex
        ;;
    *)
        stop-kex
        start-kex
        status-kex
        ;;
esac
EOF

    chmod 700 $KEX_LAUNCHER
}

function fix_profile_bash() {
    ## Prevent attempt to create links in read only filesystem
    if [ -f ${CHROOT}/root/.bash_profile ]; then
        sed -i '/if/,/fi/d' "${CHROOT}/root/.bash_profile"
    fi
}

function fix_sudo() {
    ## fix sudo & su on start
    chmod +s $CHROOT/usr/bin/sudo
    chmod +s $CHROOT/usr/bin/su
    echo "kali    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" > $CHROOT/etc/sudoers.d/kali

    # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1773148
    echo "Set disable_coredump false" > $CHROOT/etc/sudo.conf
}

function fix_uid() {
    ## Change kali uid and gid to match that of the termux user
    USRID=$(id -u)
    GRPID=$(id -g)
    nh -r usermod -u $USRID kali 2>/dev/null
    nh -r groupmod -g $GRPID kali 2>/dev/null
}

function print_banner() {
    clear
    printf "${blue}##################################################\n"
    printf "${blue}##                                              ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88      a8P         db        88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88    .88'         d88b       88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88   88'          d8''8b      88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88 d88           d8'  '8b     88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  8888'88.        d8YaaaaY8b    88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88P   Y8b      d8''''''''8b   88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88     '88.   d8'        '8b  88        88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##  88       Y8b d8'          '8b 888888888 88  ##\n"
    printf "${blue}##                                              ##\n"
    printf "${blue}####  ############# NetHunter ####################${reset}\n\n"
}


##################################
##              Main            ##

# Add some colours
red='\033[1;31m'
green='\033[1;32m'
yellow='\033[1;33m'
blue='\033[1;34m'
light_cyan='\033[1;96m'
reset='\033[0m'

EXTRA_ARGS=""
if [[ ! -z $1 ]]; then
    EXTRA_ARGS=$1
    if [[ $EXTRA_ARGS != "--no-check-certificate" ]]; then
        EXTRA_ARGS=""
    fi
fi

cd $HOME
print_banner
get_arch
set_strings
prepare_fs
check_dependencies
get_rootfs
get_sha
verify_sha
extract_rootfs
create_launcher
cleanup

printf "\n${blue}[*] Configuring NetHunter for Termux ...\n"
fix_profile_bash
fix_sudo
create_kex_launcher
fix_uid

print_banner
printf "${green}[=] Kali NetHunter for Termux installed successfully${reset}\n\n"
printf "${green}[+] To start Kali NetHunter, type:${reset}\n"
printf "${green}[+] nethunter             # To start NetHunter CLI${reset}\n"
printf "${green}[+] nethunter kex passwd  # To set the KeX password${reset}\n"
printf "${green}[+] nethunter kex &       # To start NetHunter GUI${reset}\n"
printf "${green}[+] nethunter kex stop    # To stop NetHunter GUI${reset}\n"
#printf "${green}[+] nethunter kex <command> # Run command in NetHunter env${reset}\n"
printf "${green}[+] nethunter -r          # To run NetHunter as root${reset}\n"
#printf "${green}[+] nethunter -r kex passwd  # To set the KeX password for root${reset}\n"
#printf "${green}[+] nethunter kex &       # To start NetHunter GUI as root${reset}\n"
#printf "${green}[+] nethunter kex stop    # To stop NetHunter GUI root session${reset}\n"
#printf "${green}[+] nethunter -r kex kill # To stop all NetHunter GUI sessions${reset}\n"
#printf "${green}[+] nethunter -r kex <command> # Run command in NetHunter env as root${reset}\n"
printf "${green}[+] nh                    # Shortcut for nethunter${reset}\n\n"

jenneh · Feb 2, 2023

Okay here is how to solve the Android 12 Termux Process error, it's very simple. Do whatever you have to, to get an adb connection on your device. Send this code:

Code:

adb shell device_config put activity_manager max_phantom_processes 2147483647

take note of this, you may have to repeat this command --i just had to after 2 days use.

thanks to this reddit poster -- ladb is not needed just any adb connection is fine

Open firefox and go to about:config (you may need to enable extra keys and hit the tab button a couple times to get the cursor to go into the toolbar)

type in

Code:

media.cubeb.sandbox

Set to false then type in

Code:

security.sandbox.content.level

Then restart firefox, you now have working browser

ORIGINAL SERVER
I finally figured out how to get root in the original machine.
Type "su" then use password "toor"

FULL ROOT SERVER
ONLY IF YOU NEED IT!!
(You may need to force close termux in order to send commands again)

In termux run:

Code:

nethunter -r kex passwd
nethunter -r kex

open kex apk and add the port like we did before. (for me it was 5902 this time)

creds: https://codipher.com/install-kali-nethunter-in-android/

Once you have set this up, you may reopen the Rooted machine at anytime by rerunning:
nethunter -r kex

and then opening the kex apk with port 2

There's some sort of trouble when using apt to install pkgs, they get hung up when dpkging. Here's how to fix...
Make sure you have root then type:

Code:

apt-get remove exploitdb
apt-get remove man-db
dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq exploitdb
dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq man-db
apt-get update
#then optionally you may readd these packages and they will reinstall correctly
apt install man-db
apt install exploitdb
apt install kali-linux-nethunter
sudo apt autoremove

ref:

Kali for Raspberry Pi 3: exploitdb update hangs and does nothing

I have a serious problem in my Kali for Raspberry Pi 3: I've followed a video on YouTube to expand Kali and install a full version. I've started the process, and after about 4 hours, it has frozen ...

superuser.com

just a demo of the machine working. this is me using my finger, no mouse. the vnc is amazing <3

Try it out, it's Super Fun~!

jenneh · Feb 2, 2023

So Kali Linux Nethunter (ARM 64) version is verified working in android on an unrooted device with all the bugs worked out.
(See the two comments above)

Trying to see if it can run the windows arm iso, but of course that can't just be easy. The Gdrive link kept failing in firefox, not sure if there is another setting to be amended or what.

So that being said, here's how to get UUPDUMP to work in this machine after you have fixed the dpkging errors.

Download the Win11arm script from UUPDUMP

Select language for Windows 11, version 22H2 (22621.1194) arm64

Select language for Windows 11, version 22H2 (22621.1194) arm64 on UUP dump. UUP dump lets you download Unified Update Platform files, like Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update.

uupdump.net

Extract it into your downloads folder or whereever you like

Code:

apt install aria2 cabextract wimtools chntpw genisoimage mkisofs
cd Downloads
chmod 777 uup_download_linux.sh
./uup_download_linux.sh

as you see it was able to start the script and should have the iso built on the machine shortly. Will see what can be done with the iso tomorrow

if anyone knows how to just download the iso off gdrive with this machine please share how. that would be preferable since in theory one could run mods

furrioustorrus · Feb 3, 2023

This is really good! I tried this once but could never get it to run. I used kubuntu since it's a really small iso.

Amazing as always!

jenneh · Feb 3, 2023

@furrioustorrus I tried too in the past without success x.x idk why it just made sense finally. I just really think the possibilities are endless considering how well it runs. Maybe as more people learn more and more about termux and building arm machines on here, maybe this is a new modding / os building funzies thing for the community to enjoy. It can only get better honestly (and easier too)

----so it looks like apt install qemu-system-arm installs aarch64 and the efi driver on this machine

furrioustorrus · Feb 3, 2023

jenneh said:
@furrioustorrus I tried too in the past without success x.x idk why it just made sense finally. I just really think the possibilities are endless considering how well it runs. Maybe as more people learn more and more about termux and building arm machines on here, maybe this is a new modding / os building funzies thing for the community to enjoy. It can only get better honestly (and easier too)

----so it looks like apt install qemu-system-arm installs aarch64 and the efi driver on this machine

Yeah I used a VM to install kubuntu and ran it that way. It worked but it had issues connecting to the internet to do any apt-get commands.

Trés cool

jenneh · Feb 4, 2023

Day 3 of the VMLand journey... Trying to get virt-manager to run in this machine so we can "easy mode" qemu, or at least maybe learn more about it in another way.. Also have some more fixes for the machine.

To fix the "authorization required but no protocol found" error
run this command in the machine's terminal:
xhost + local
reference

To fix the apt-get upgrade issue with postresql-15 run this code:

Code:

su
toor
rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql* && dpkg --configure -a
apt-get upgrade -y

and then postresql-15 will finally upgrade right
reference

Then to install qemu and virt-manager run this code:
apt install qemu-system-arm virt-manager

Now the next problem:

virt-manager is not seeing the libvirt daemon. working on this now just wanted to get my notes up before I got lost.

egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
running that shows a value of 0 so kvm is not possible i guess?

---Tip about enabling use of extra keys. It is advised to remember to minimize this feature after use, else you can cause yourself a bug when using the screen keyboard and swiping it off... Sometimes this action causes the tab key to auto engage and with no solution other than to force close termux and reopen.

That being said, this is the fastest way I know to close termux, maybe someone knows a good app or widget that could close it even faster.

it's only three clicks maybe we could do two or even better 1 click... XD

jenneh · Feb 4, 2023

Here's something super interesting. A new QEMU apk other than Limbo, not sure if this is homebrew or what the genesis of the apk is. Going to play with the arm features on it and report back...

as an update this app doesn't do much other than to help the user to get the qemu code for their images. i think it would be a lot easier just to build a github repo with the working code instead when we get there

Back on Point,
This is code for qemu in termux again. Have figured out how to get it to boot in termux to this point with this code. It's not fully functional but it is progress

Qemu EFI and VARS Images Extract those and put them in your downloads folder

Code:

termux-setup-storage
cd storage/downloads
dd if=/dev/zero of=pflash1.img bs=1M count=64
dd if=/dev/zero of=pflash0.img bs=1M count=64
dd if=QEMU_EFI.fd of=pflash0.img conv=notrunc
dd if=QEMU_VARS.fd of=pflash1.img conv=notrunc
qemu-img create -f qcow2 win11arm.img 100G

#paste all of the code below
qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,gic-version=max -m 2048M -cpu max -smp 4 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -drive file=win11arm.img,if=none,id=drive0,cache=writeback -device virtio-blk,drive=drive0,bootindex=0 -drive file=win11arm.iso,if=none,format=raw,id=drive1,cache=writeback -device virtio-blk,drive=drive1,bootindex=1 -drive file=pflash0.img,format=raw,if=pflash -drive file=pflash1.img,format=raw,if=pflash -net nic -net user

This method combined both of these guides:

How to run Windows 10 on ARM or Ubuntu for ARM64 in QEMU on Apple Silicon Mac

How to run Windows 10 on ARM or Ubuntu for ARM64 in QEMU on Apple Silicon Mac - README.en.md

gist.github.com

How to launch ARM aarch64 VM with QEMU from scratch.

The below instructions will allow for bringing up an ARM VM from scratch.

futurewei-cloud.github.io

A visual cue of block sizes:

Highest block size for dd command

I want to run dd over a SanDisk 32GB micro SD but I'm not sure how to decide on the block size. Usually I use bs=1M, but could I go any higher than that?

stackoverflow.com

redirect QEMU window output to terminal running qemu

Im trying to debug the boot sequence of a linux kernel with qemu, the command i'm running is: qemu -serial stdio -kernel <path to kernel> -hda <path to rootfs> -append "root=/dev/sda

stackoverflow.com

qemu | Kali Linux Tools

www.kali.org

finally got the windows insider vhd downloading, going to also see if i can't get qemu to run elsewhere with the iso and prebuild my own vhd.

How to Install Windows 10 for ARM in QEMU

There is a way to install and try Windows 10 for ARM SoCs in QEMU. While Windows 10 runs slowly inside QEMU, it is good enough to see what exactly Windows 10 for ARM is.

winaero.com

this guide has a modded uefi driver that allows for VGA support and a way to install the drivers and the code. Just really hurts my head to understand but getting there

jenneh · Feb 8, 2023

I made it this far now in just termux with qemu.

run.sh code

Code:

qemu-system-aarch64 -device VGA -machine virt,gic-version=max -m 4096M -cpu max -smp 4 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -drive file=win11arm.img,if=none,id=drive0,cache=writeback -device virtio-blk,drive=drive0,bootindex=0 -drive file=win11arm.iso,if=none,format=raw,id=drive1,cache=writeback -device virtio-blk,drive=drive1,bootindex=1 -drive file=pflash0.img,format=raw,if=pflash -drive file=pflash1.img,format=raw,if=pflash

this has a blank hard drive built and the efi and vars pflash files prebuilt with the run.sh script.

armwin.zip

drive.google.com

the modded iso bypasses it but it goes to that edk2 screen again. not sure how to even go about researching this part haha if anyone has any ideas?

I forgot to add the line of code that enables mouse and keyboard support so if anyone trys this before i polish things up you need to add this code to the run.sh script -device nec-usb-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse

[solved] Qemu drops into a UEFI shell instead of booting CDROM / Applications & Desktop Environments / Arch Linux Forums

bbs.archlinux.org

typing exit as that article suggests then loads you into the efi screen to be able to manage boot options. maybe the win11 hard drive needs to be bumped up in boot order by code somehow

so supposedly the option is indeed in the boot manager but the trouble is for some reason the boot menu is not descriptive

kvm uefi boot into UEFI shell

I use kvm and qemu and ovmf to set up a vm. while I config it to boot on UEFI,it runs into UEFI shell. My VM xml is following: <domain type="kvm"> <name>win7-2</name>...

unix.stackexchange.com

so i got into the efi menu and went into the boot manager, none of the options boot except the last and it says start pxe over ipv4 error

How to fix Start PXE over IPv4 in Windows 11/10

You will see Start PXE over IPv4 when your computer tries to boot over the IPv4 network. You need to use these solutions to fix the error.

www.thewindowsclub.com

So I'm pretty sure now that I need to set the Iso to boot first in the code and maybe that will fix it

--edit nope the revised code results in same error, but at least we got a clue why the cd isnt turning over thanks to the boot menu

revised code

Code:

qemu-system-aarch64 -drive file=pflash0.img,format=raw,if=pflash -drive file=pflash1.img,format=raw,if=pflash -device nec-usb-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse -device VGA -machine virt,gic-version=max -m 4096M -cpu max -smp 4 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -drive file=win11arm.iso,if=none,format=raw,id=drive0,cache=writeback -device virtio-blk,drive=drive0,bootindex=0 -drive file=win11arm.img,if=none,format=raw,id=drive1,cache=writeback -device virtio-blk,drive=drive1,bootindex=1

QEMU - ArchWiki

wiki.archlinux.org

QEMU "-bios" vs. "-kernel" vs. "-device loader,file=..."

For background, I'm running bare-metal QEMU-4.1.0 on aarch64. There are several ways to get QEMU to load compiled code into memory. I'd like to understand what the underlying differences are, bec...

stackoverflow.com

QEMU's new -nic command line option - QEMU

www.qemu.org

as a side note, i downloaded the vhdx from the windows insider program and ran this code:

Code:

qemu-system-aarch64 -drive file=pflash0.img,format=raw,if=pflash -drive file=pflash1.img,format=raw,if=pflash -device nec-usb-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse -device VGA -machine virt,gic-version=max -m 4096M -cpu max -smp 4 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -device virtio-blk,drive=system -drive if=none,id=system,format=raw,file=system.vhdx

it does the same exact thing. shows the logo, but gets dropped into the uefi shell.

start pxe over ipv4 error

EDIT: IT JUST NOW WORKED. I must not have pressed the "any" key quickly enough, LOL...all it takes is posting a question it would seem! have scoured these forums and the web. I've downloaded a half dozen different ISO versions of W11 InsiderPreview for ARM64 (using UUP Dump) including retail...

communities.vmware.com

This thread shares some light on how to convert the windows insider vhdx to vhdk

Code:

qemu-img convert -p -O vmdk system.vhdx system.vhdk

and windows 10 same error "Start PXE over IPV4"
so the efi driver is v 2.2 there are later versions will find one and reflash it

UEFI/OVMF - Ubuntu Wiki

the article references omvf which is a package we can install in termux

How to run OVMF

Tianocore website. Contribute to tianocore/tianocore.github.io development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Index of /repos/jenkins/edk2

So i did the steps in the video with the win10arm qcow2 file, it makes it further than the iso does, but termux force closes itself even with extra steps added to stop killing phantom processes

update it was user error and i put too much ram. i reduced it to 2048 and it boots super slow. maybe someone with a device that supports kvm can see if it runs okay for them

Code:

qemu-system-aarch64 -m 2048M -smp 8 -device VGA -M virt -cpu max -monitor stdio -device nec-usb-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse -usb -bios QEMU_EFI.img -vnc :3 -hda windows10arm64.qcow2 -accel tcg,thread=multi

Internal and external storage - Termux Wiki

wiki.termux.com

How To PXE Network Boot Using a Hyper-V VM

In this blog post, I cover how to start PXE over IPv4 using a Hyper-V virtual machine.

www.danielengberg.com

this guide even though it uses vmware it explains a lot about the problem

Run an ISO file in Linux?

I have mounted an ISO file on my Linux machine. It's an ISO file to install Windows 7. It's mounted but I have no idea how to run it. There are EXE files inside, but I don't think I should touch th...

superuser.com

So the reason why this one worked to the point it did was because it has a modified uefi driver to include use of the VGA display

jenneh · Feb 15, 2023

UPDATE:
Finally got Windows 10 arm to load in termux, using qemu and an insider image. So what was going wrong before was I was being dumb and adding too much ram to the machine and that would force close termux at a certain point in the boot. (so keep in mind you can change the ram values but if it is too much it will just crash termux)

Now it will run like a potato unless you have kvm, but it works. This is using a modified efi driver and a premade win10 arm image from archive.org (an old windows 10 arm insider image)

Code:

qemu-system-aarch64 -m 2048M -smp 8 -device VGA -M virt -cpu max -monitor stdio -device nec-usb-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse -usb -bios QEMU_EFI.img -vnc :3 -hda windows10arm64.qcow2 -accel tcg,thread=multi

OldNoobOne · Feb 19, 2023

jenneh said:
UPDATE:
Finally got Windows 10 arm to load in termux, using qemu and an insider image. So what was going wrong before was I was being dumb and adding too much ram to the machine and that would force close termux at a certain point in the boot. (so keep in mind you can change the ram values but if it is too much it will just crash termux)

Now it will run like a potato unless you have kvm, but it works. This is using a modified efi driver and a premade win10 arm image from archive.org (an old windows 10 arm insider image)

Code:

qemu-system-aarch64 -m 2048M -smp 8 -device VGA -M virt -cpu max -monitor stdio -device nec-usb-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse -usb -bios QEMU_EFI.img -vnc :3 -hda windows10arm64.qcow2 -accel tcg,thread=multi

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Nice to see that screen on an Android

does everything run same as Win10 PC with your emulator?
I'm using Win10 v1709, I think 1709 is even better than v.1809 or 22H2 or even Win11 in some ways. Its great experiment this seems good but is 6 inch screen go with it?

jenneh · Feb 19, 2023

OldNoobOne said:
Nice to see that screen on an Android
does everything run same as Win10 PC with your emulator?
I'm using Win10 v1709, I think 1709 is even better than v.1809 or 22H2 or even Win11 in some ways. Its great experiment this seems good but is 6 inch screen go with it?

I am unable to test too much because I don't think my phones CPU allows kvm support. Therefore it runs awful. It looks similar but I am unsure whether executables would work natively or anything yet. Someone who would likely have more luck testing would be a Google phone owner. That's the phone I will look into getting next but it will be some time https://www.xda-developers.com/android-13-dp1-google-pixel-6-kvm-virtual-machine/

jenneh · Feb 19, 2023

I ran into a lot of videos peddling modded winxp as win10 or 11 arm and decided to try to install xp in qemu.
It's taking forever to install on the phone so I decided to try to install it in qemu on windows to see if that would be any faster..
It is but it wasn't as much faster as I had thought it would be... So if you ever wanted to know how to install things in qemu on windows (without nox, lol) here's how.

Download qemu for windows direct link
Paste your iso into C:\Program Files\qemu
I am using windows xp here's my backup: google drive mirror or use the original link, archive.org
Open powershell as admin and run this code:

Code:

cd "C:\Program Files\qemu"
.\qemu-img create -f qcow2 winxp.img 100G
.\qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 8 -cpu max -net nic -net user -m 2048 -cdrom winxp.iso -hda winxp.img

You can change the "winxp" text to whatever iso you want to install. You can adjust the ram: -m as well. You can actually do a lot more, see the user manual

Here's how to install winxp on your phone:
Download the iso: I am using windows xp here's my backup: google drive mirror or use the original link, archive.org
Download install.sh on your phone, or make a new file in your downloads folder and paste the text from the code below.
Open termux and type:

Code:

termux-setup-storage
cd storage
cd downloads
cat install.sh

Then copy and paste the text, that will install everything needed, and start the machine for you to run through the setup.

We cat the script to copy and paste it because termux is weird executing a script bigger than 3 or 4 lines.

install.sh code if needed:

Code:

pkg install x11-repo
pkg upgrade
pkg install qemu-system-x86-64
pkg install qemu-utils
mkdir winxp
cd winxp
qemu-img create -f qcow2 winxp.img 100G
qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 8 -cpu max -net nic -net user -m 2048 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -cdrom ~/storage/downloads/winxp.iso -hda winxp.img

Once Windows XP is fully installed you can boot it from now on using this line of code:

Code:

qemu-system-x86_64 -smp 8 -cpu max -net nic -net user -m 2048 -vnc 127.0.0.1:3 -hda winxp.img

Or dl this prebuilt run.sh script

As a note, if you use any of the code above, the -net code needs to be replaced. Winxp needs this code instead:
-net user -net nic,model=rtl8139 ref

Premade winxp hard drive:

winxp.img

drive.google.com

lentas · Feb 20, 2023

i got grub on debian arm64 iso

Zai23 · Feb 22, 2023

jenneh said:
This is a Tangent, but a fun one. Maybe we can mount the win11arm iso in this machine?

VERIFIED WORKING, NO ROOT NEEDED
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This is how to install ARM64 Kali Linux in Termux with Kex Vnc.
This machine runs amazing on my Potato Nokia G20

Download the Termux apk for your device

https://f-droid.org/repo/com.termux_118.apk

Code:

pkg install x11-repo pkg upgrade pkg install wget wget -O install-nethunter-termux https://offs.ec/2MceZWr chmod +x install-nethunter-termux ./install-nethunter-termux exit

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In a browser on your android device, go to this link to download and install the "NetHunterStore"

https://store.nethunter.com/NetHunterStore.apk
Search in the app for "kex" and install.

Select Package Installer if prompted to
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In termux setup kex:

Code:

nethunter kex passwd nethunter kex

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Then open the kex app and set the port (usually 5901) and it should boot

Thanks to David Bomball for sharing this

The PDF David shared if you have any issues

Android Kali NetHunter Install - v3.pdf

Shared with Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

The Android 12 Known issues:

[Bug]: Android 12 Phantom Processes Killed "[Process completed (signal 9) - press Enter]" · Issue #2366 · termux/termux-app

Edit: Check this comment for solution. Problem description I get a message saying [Process completed (signal 9) - press Enter] at, seemingly, random intervals. Once I press Enter, Termux closes. Th...

github.com

The problem is termux keeps getting forced closed out of no where only on Android 12. Trying to see if I can find a solution. This machine runs smooth as a dream.. just cannot get it to stay open long enough to dl the arm iso to it
If you are running anything less than 12 it is reported there are no issues.

From now on you can use:
nethunter kex

and then open the kex apk with port 1 to boot into a normal user machine. See below for Root.

What are the limitations of what you can do on it, though? Do you have internet functioning? USB through OTG? Thank you in advance!

jenneh · Feb 22, 2023

Zai23 said:
What are the limitations of what you can do on it, though? Do you have internet functioning? USB through OTG? Thank you in advance!

It does have internet, the terminal is able to install whatever you like (i didnt personally have trouble installing programs). You have su access in the terminal as well, so really the only limitations will be computational power of your phone for whatever it is you want to do. That nethunter version of kali was the best running OS on my generic phone so it makes me question if it is 32 bit arm or 64? This documentation may have the answer https://www.kali.org/docs/nethunter/installing-nethunter/

USB through OTG still needs to be tested, I don't have one of these yet for my keyboard / mouse, just used it natively

Zai23 · Feb 25, 2023

jenneh said:
It does have internet, the terminal is able to install whatever you like (i didnt personally have trouble installing programs). You have su access in the terminal as well, so really the only limitations will be computational power of your phone for whatever it is you want to do. That nethunter version of kali was the best running OS on my generic phone so it makes me question if it is 32 bit arm or 64? This documentation may have the answer https://www.kali.org/docs/nethunter/installing-nethunter/

USB through OTG still needs to be tested, I don't have one of these yet for my keyboard / mouse, just used it natively

If you can use it like a local machine then, theoretically, you would be able to use this emulated Linux to do anything, even get other Android devices rooted or flashing them with a custom ROM through Fastboot. Am I correct? If you try this, please let me know. I have been asking about this for a while now. Thanks!

jenneh · Feb 25, 2023

@Zai23 "even get other Android devices rooted or flashing them with a custom ROM through Fastboot" You are Correct In Theory (i say in theory cause i can only confirm adb works right now --wirelessly, but fastboot would need the otg cable to try)

edit-- my shield is flashable via usb-c cable, so i need to reinstall kali to see if the phone detects the shield in fastboot, will let you know

results-- So it doesn't natively see the shield plugged into the phone's usb-c port by typing fastboot devices, going to see if there would be a way to get it to post on the phone and will pick up a otg cable for testing tomorrow

Termux-usb - Termux Wiki

wiki.termux.com

Zai23 · Feb 26, 2023

jenneh said:
@Zai23 "even get other Android devices rooted or flashing them with a custom ROM through Fastboot" You are Correct In Theory (i say in theory cause i can only confirm adb works right now --wirelessly, but fastboot would need the otg cable to try)

edit-- my shield is flashable via usb-c cable, so i need to reinstall kali to see if the phone detects the shield in fastboot, will let you know

results-- So it doesn't natively see the shield plugged into the phone's usb-c port by typing fastboot devices, going to see if there would be a way to get it to post on the phone and will pick up a otg cable for testing tomorrow

Termux-usb - Termux Wiki

wiki.termux.com

Ok, I'm sorry for not being specific enough but when I said Fastboot I meant using an OTG cable. Same as using USB on Linux running on a desktop. Thanks for the update. I'm anxious to see if there is a specific distro that would show your Shield when you type in the command. There's so many mobile linux out there but I mentioned Ubuntu Touch because it seems to be the most widely used in mobile from what I've been reading.