Virtualbox setup to compile android

• Install Ubuntu as dual boot

• Install VirtualBox on Windows

• Create new VirtualBox virtual machine "ExistingPartition"

• Run the following in a Windows "Run as Administrator" command-line:

  VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename c:\Users\rngadam\UbuntuVirtualBox.vmdk -raw disk \.\PhysicalDrive0

• Add new disk mapping to existing virtual machine:

  VBoxManage storageattach ExistingPartition --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium c:\Users\rngadam\UbuntuVirtualBox.vmdk

Install the guest additions by mounting manually:

mkdir -p /media/dvd; mount /dev/dvd1 /media/dvd; sh /media/dvd/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Add your guest Linux users to group vboxfs

addgroup rngadam vboxfs 

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