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comet_14574
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‎09-16-2021 09:48 PM

Running Android on Esxi Rpi4

I started using Esxi on rpi4 for my educational needs and understanding the booting process. I want to run the 

https://konstakang.com/devices/rpi4/LineageOS17.1/ on rpi4 but not able to do that successfully. Can somebody have some suggestions how I can proceed ?

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cyprienlaplace
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎09-17-2021 06:06 AM

Usual "Raspberry Pi" builds have a linux kernel built without UEFI support. But ESXi Arm Virtual Machines are using an UEFI firmware. I think the first step would be to rebuild your own linux kernel with UEFI support.

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Seenor
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‎10-01-2022 07:52 AM

Same. How do I get the UEFI to boot Android like LineageOS in ESXI arm edition. I try many way but failed. I think LineageOS(Android) can be boot and run in Rpi4 bare mental, and of course it could be boot and run in virtual machine. Any one helps?

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cyprienlaplace
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
‎10-03-2022 07:03 AM

I stopped working on Android more than 8 years ago... I would suggest to contact LineageOS and see if they can provide a "generic arm64" Android version to run in a virtual machine.

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